The Collected Stories of Maria Cristina Mena (Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage)
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (963 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1558852115 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 150 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Angela Montante said I loved all the short stories in this book. I loved all the short stories in this book. It was very well written and the characters in this story were very interesting. I loved how each story brought new surprises. Mena developed very interesting female characters within her stories. My favorite story by far was The Birth of the God of War. I loved the Mexican mythology involved in the stories, it really brought a lot of interesting stories to light. This books teaches about the believes of Mexican peopl. Kathryn Economou said Wonderful Historical Stories. I loved this book for two reasons. The first being that the short stories were very well written and gave me insight as to the ways of thinking of that time period around the Mexican Revolution. I understand more clearly how the Mexicans lived their lives and what they felt, whether they were the upper class or the lower class. The second reason being that Maria Cristina Mena was my great-aunt and I only recently learned of her great achievement as a writer and. Amazon Customer said Three Stars. Entertaining.
"The Emotions of Maria Concepcion" exposes the excess to which old-fashioned romantic ideals can float. Petra sparkles, her husband gains a new appreciation for her, and Petra offers the gold set to the local statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe. When the tourist discovers what happened to her trinket, she is overwhelmed by the idea that the gift to the Virgin has indeed saved Petra from another beating. In "The Gold Vanity Set," Petra's marriage to a guitar player turns violent. Maria Concepcion falls in love with a visiting bullfighter and, by feigning terminal melancholy, contrives to go to his bullfight against her father's wishes. She drapes a white mantilla dramatically over her head and makes liquid "little eyes" at the bullfighter until--horrors!--he actually reacts! He attempts to dedicate the killing of the bull to her, with scandalous results. magazines, this is the first time her English-language fiction has been published in one book. . Mena's st
Fiction. Latina/Latino Studies. Mena's stories, written between 1913 and 1931, portray life in Mexico before and during the Revolution of 1910 in stories that depict class hierarchy and social customs under Porfirio DAAaz, the changing roles of women, the influences of Spain and the United States, and the effects of capitalism and modernization.
. She residesin Ann Arbor, and teaches at the University of Michigan.Dionicio Morales is president and founder of The Mexican American Opportunity Foundation in Los Angeles. This is his first book. Maria Cristian Mena_emigrated to New York City before the Mexican Revoluntion of 1910.Amy Doherty is a Ph.D. candidate in English and American literature at Tufts University