The Fury and the Mire of Human Veins: Frida Kahlo and Rosario Castellanos

• Autores: Ronald J. Friis
• Localización: Hispania, ISSN 0018-2133, Vol. 87, Nº 1, 2004, págs. 53-61
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article examines the thematic and stylistic similarities between the poetry of Rosario Castellanos and the paintings of Frida Kahlo. In their poems and seíf-portraits, these two Mexican artists used root imagery to represent union and separation. They also shared a fascination with medical discourse and the representation of broken bodies. Through an interdisciplinary analysis of these themes and images, we discover a constant pairing of incompatible opposites and the emergence of two similar theories of how to live with pain.