: Scholar-reviewers have highlighted Hidalgo's use of the "silent gaze," a technique where female characters communicate through observation and silence, creating a feminist layer that gives voice to the concerns of Caribbean women often omitted from the original text.
: Though she shows no symptoms of rabies, the local bishop interprets her "alien" cultural habits as signs of demonic possession. He orders her father to lock her in a convent and instructs his young disciple, Father Cayetano Delaura , to perform an exorcism. Del amor y otros demonios (2009)
The narrative unfolds in a dark, repressive era of the . : Scholar-reviewers have highlighted Hidalgo's use of the
: Sierva María represents a hybrid identity, born of Spanish nobility but nurtured by African caregivers, which puts her at odds with the rigid social structures of colonial Colombia. The narrative unfolds in a dark, repressive era of the