La hija del bandido o los subterraneos del Nevado (1887) is Refugio de Barragan de Toscano's second novel. Full of adventure and intrigue this romantic text follows María as she tries to undo her bandit father's misdeeds and through actions of courage and kindness earn a position in the highly class-stratified society of late eighteenth century Mexico. During this time Mexico was still a colony of Spain and the novel depicts how the soon-to-be nation was ravaged by marauding bandits that terrorized the countryside. They kidnapped women, assaulted stagecoaches and robbed unarmed, defenseless travelers. Vicente Colombo is the typical bandit leader, except for one thing- he has a daughter whom he loves and must somehow accommodate in social society. In keeping with the theme of many national novels of the era Barragan limns the beauty of the Mexican countryside- its valleys, mountains, flora and fauna. La hija should be read alongside Mexican bandit classics such as Ignacio Altamirano's El zarco (1901), and Manuel Payno's Los bandidos de Río Frío (1888). The exceptionality of this bandit novel written by a nineteenth-century Mexican woman is her portrayal of the female protagonist as an independent, active young woman who takes charge of her destiny and overcomes the social stain of being a criminal's daughter. In her novel Barragán, portrays María not as a subservient subject but as a willful actor who wants to live with dignity, thus introducing a unique proto-feminist nationalist vision- though marked by the author's religious tendencies- within Mexico's foundational fictions.
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La novela La hija del bandido o los subterráneos del Nevado es, sin lugar a dudas, un hito en la literatura mexicana del convulsionado siglo XIX (1821-1910). Lo más relevante no es la historia que en ella se presenta, sino el discurso, la trama, que es una propuesta político social alternativa frente a las reformas liberales que estaban cambiando la nación tradicional post independiente e una "moderna", anticlerical, libre del espítiru y del sentimiento religioso insuflado por Espana durante los tres siglos de colonización.
Lo increíble es que, a pesar de las limitaciones inherentes a su género, aún más estrictas en esa época, haya sido una mujer quien intentara, a través de la literatura, ofrecer una ruta alternativa para llevar a cabo los cambios sociales que necesitaba el país, sin llegar a los extremos tan radicales que desembocarían muchos anos más tarde en la Guerra Cristera. La novela de Refugio Barragán de Toscano se diferenciaba así, de las escritas por hombres en la misma época y como parte del proyecto liberal tan claramente expresado en la obra de Ignacio Manuel Altamirano. No fue la profesora Barragán de Toscano una reformadora política en el pleno sentido de la expresión, pero sí fue una voz que propuso un giro menos drástico en el camino que el nuevo México estaba emprendiedo.
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