Mujer de Mucha Enagua, PA' TI XICANA

In her artwork Mujer de Mucha Enagua, PA' TI XICANA, Yreina D. Cervántez pays tribute to bold female leaders of different eras. Throughout her print, Cervántez weaves text, imagery, and symbolism imbued with Indigenous and feminist references. She honors the seventeenth-century Mexican poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; twentieth-century Mexican author Rosario Castellanos; and Ramona, a Tzotzil Mayan Indigenous-rights activist who held the title of Comandanta (female commander) for the Zapatistas, a Mexican indigenous revolutionary group based in the southern state of Chiapas. The figures are surrounded by Mesoamerican symbols, including references to the Aztec earth-mother goddess, Coatlicue in the double-chambered heart-shaped vessel.