JOURNAL ARTICLE

A Mother, a Daughter, and Earrings: an Autohistoria-Teoria of Guatemalan American Femininity.

  • Published In: Western Folklore, 2025, v. 84, n. 3. P. 253 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Mills, Regina Marie 3 of 3

Abstract

Part memoir, part analysis, this article examines the place of earrings in developing a sense of Latina feminine identity, from the context of a Guatemalan American of ladina heritage in the United States. Surprisingly little has been written about the role of earrings in Latina culture. For Guatemalans and Guatemalan Americans especially, research on earrings has been confined to scholarship on Indigenous peoples and Indigeneity, rather than mestizxs/ladinxs. Using Gloria Anzaldüa's conception of autohistoria-teoria and The Latina Feminist Group's "papelitos guardados," Mills connects the conflict with her mother regarding ear-piercing and wearing earrings to larger ideas of how Latina daughters of immigrants navigate their sense of identity, especially Latinidad and femininity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Western Folklore. 2025/06, Vol. 84, Issue 3, p253
  • Document Type:Nonfiction Work
  • Subject Area:Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0043-373X
  • Accession Number:187805330
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