The moths and other stories
Viramontes, Helena Maria (, 1954-)
The moths and other stories / Helena María Viramontes - Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press , 1995 - 125 p. ; 22 cm.
Stories originally published in various periodicals that explore women's struggles to overcome the dictates of family, culture, and church, is in a new edition. Prejudice and the social and economic status of Chicanos often form the backdrop for these haunting stories, but their central, unifying theme deals with the social and cultural values which shape women's lives and which they struggle against with varying degrees of success.
Introduction / by Yvonne Yarbo-Bejarano -- The moths -- Growing -- Birthday -- The broken web -- The Cariboo Cafe -- The long reconciliation -- Snapshots -- Neighbors.
Stories exploring wormen's struggles to overcome the dictates of family, culture and church. Prejudice and the social and economic status of Chicanos often form the backdrop for these haunting stories, but their central, unifying theme deals with the social and cultural values which shape women's lives and which they struggle against with varying degrees of success.
9781558851382
95150604
Mexican American women----Fiction
Mexican Americans----Fiction
Social conflict----Fiction
Short stories
PS3572.I63 / M6 1995
FIC VIR
The moths and other stories / Helena María Viramontes - Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press , 1995 - 125 p. ; 22 cm.
Stories originally published in various periodicals that explore women's struggles to overcome the dictates of family, culture, and church, is in a new edition. Prejudice and the social and economic status of Chicanos often form the backdrop for these haunting stories, but their central, unifying theme deals with the social and cultural values which shape women's lives and which they struggle against with varying degrees of success.
Introduction / by Yvonne Yarbo-Bejarano -- The moths -- Growing -- Birthday -- The broken web -- The Cariboo Cafe -- The long reconciliation -- Snapshots -- Neighbors.
Stories exploring wormen's struggles to overcome the dictates of family, culture and church. Prejudice and the social and economic status of Chicanos often form the backdrop for these haunting stories, but their central, unifying theme deals with the social and cultural values which shape women's lives and which they struggle against with varying degrees of success.
9781558851382
95150604
Mexican American women----Fiction
Mexican Americans----Fiction
Social conflict----Fiction
Short stories
PS3572.I63 / M6 1995
FIC VIR
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