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... passive like the " self - denying mother , " the " waiting sweetheart , " the hermetic idol : she comes and goes , she looks for men and then leaves them . Her extreme mobility , through a mechanism similar to that described above ...
... passive like the " self - denying mother , " the " waiting sweetheart , " the hermetic idol : she comes and goes , she looks for men and then leaves them . Her extreme mobility , through a mechanism similar to that described above ...
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... passive figures . Guadalupe is pure receptivity , and the benefits she bestows are of the same order : she consoles , quiets , dries tears , calms passions . The Chingada is even more passive . Her passivity is abject : she does not ...
... passive figures . Guadalupe is pure receptivity , and the benefits she bestows are of the same order : she consoles , quiets , dries tears , calms passions . The Chingada is even more passive . Her passivity is abject : she does not ...
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... passive . The fervor and profundity of Mexican religious feeling contrasts with the rela- tive poverty of its creations . We do not have a great religious poetry , just as we do not have an original philosophy nor a single important ...
... passive . The fervor and profundity of Mexican religious feeling contrasts with the rela- tive poverty of its creations . We do not have a great religious poetry , just as we do not have an original philosophy nor a single important ...
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The Pachuco and Other Extremes | 9 |
Mexican Masks | 29 |
The Day of the Dead | 47 |
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