La Quintrala: The rejection of history as a patriarchal legitimizing discourse in Mercedes Beldivieso's Maldita yo entre las mujeres

In 17-century Chile, La Quintrala is a women accused of numerous sexual crimes. Set in the oppressive climate of the Conquest, Chilean writer Mercedes Valdivieso's 1991 novel subverts commonplace historical judgment by claiming that La Qunitrala's only crime was the rejection of women's destiny as demarcated by the patriarchy.