“Fue de Américo suelo lo ingenioso”. Una visión femenina del laudes civitatum: María de Estrada Medinilla.
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Escuela de Letras. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Universidad Nacional de Rosario
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María de Estrada Medinilla escribió la Relación… (1640) referida a la entrada del Marqués de Vilena, nuevo virrey de la Nueva España, a la ciudad de México. En los cuatrocientos versos que componen su texto, alaba a la ciudad, sus habitantes, costumbres y modas, pero “olvida” el objetivo de su larga carta poética. María de Estrada prefiere centrar su atención en la ciudad en vez de en el marqués, y, como testigo, narra eventos que podemos considerar inconsecuentes (tiene que caminar, siente la incomodidad de sus vestidos, una súbita lluvia), en vez que lo que sería esencial a su laudes civitatum. La poeta usa la entrada del virrey no solo para narrar la ciudad, sino para narrarse a sí misma. Al seguir su propia visión de la celebración, nos encontramos en una posición privilegiada, la de su mirada femenina, resaltando aspectos ausentes de una aproximación más tradicional o masculina de la entrada del virrey.
María de Estrada Medinilla wrote a Relación… (1640) regarding the entry into Mexico City of the Marquis of Vilena, the new viceroy of New Spain. In her four-hundred-verse text, she praised the city, its inhabitants, customs and fashion, but she “forgot” the supposed objective of her long poetic-letter. She preferred to center her attention on the city rather than the marquis, and as a witness of the event, she narrated things that we might consider inconsequential (she had to walk, the discomfort of her dress, a sudden rainfall), but which were indeed essential to her laudes civitatum. She used the viceroy’s entry not only to narrate the city, but to narrate herself. By following her view of the celebration, we are in a privileged position to grasp her feminine gaze, highlighting different aspects that may be absent from more traditional or masculine approaches.
María de Estrada Medinilla wrote a Relación… (1640) regarding the entry into Mexico City of the Marquis of Vilena, the new viceroy of New Spain. In her four-hundred-verse text, she praised the city, its inhabitants, customs and fashion, but she “forgot” the supposed objective of her long poetic-letter. She preferred to center her attention on the city rather than the marquis, and as a witness of the event, she narrated things that we might consider inconsequential (she had to walk, the discomfort of her dress, a sudden rainfall), but which were indeed essential to her laudes civitatum. She used the viceroy’s entry not only to narrate the city, but to narrate herself. By following her view of the celebration, we are in a privileged position to grasp her feminine gaze, highlighting different aspects that may be absent from more traditional or masculine approaches.
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