The moths and other stories / Helena María Viramontes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Viramontes, Helena María, 1954-

Series:

Latino literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American women--Fiction.

Mexican American women.

Mexican Americans--Fiction.

Mexican Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 p. ; 22 cm.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, 1995.

Summary:

Fiction. THE MOTHS AND OTHER STORIES, Helena Maria Viramontes' stories exploring 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.

Contents:

Introduction / by Yvonne Yarbo-Bejarano

The moths

Growing

Birthday

The broken web

The Cariboo Cafe

The long reconciliation

Snapshots

Neighbors.

Notes:

Stories originally published in various periodicals.

ISBN:

1-61192-226-7

OCLC:

253691815