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Pages in category "Hispanic and Latino American short story collections" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories is a book of short stories published in 1991 by the Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros.The collection reflects Cisneros's experience of being surrounded by American influences while still being familially bound to her Mexican heritage as she grew up north of the Mexico-US border.
Legends are stories created by anonymous authors with some basis in history but with many embellishments. They talk about facts that occurred in the near past and which characters can or cannot be human. Legends show us the rision of the world and the life that people had with historical, political, philosophical, and cultural value.
The Argentine Jorge Luis Borges invented what was almost a new genre, the philosophical short story, and would go on to become one of the most influential of all Latin American writers. At the same time, Roberto Arlt offered a very different style, closer to mass culture and popular literature, reflecting the urbanization and European ...
Children's books, short stories, novels, and films” are just a few of the ways La Llorona has been inscribed into history. [1] As Gloria Anzaldua , a scholar of Chicana cultural and feminist theory, discussed in her article “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”, living on the U.S. side of the border made it difficult for Hispanics to relate to ...
The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico, is celebrated on Dec. 12. In New York, a church of the same name is a seminal part of the city's Spanish and Hispanic history.
Hispanic Heritage Month is from Sept.15-Oct. 15. It honors history and culture while emphasizing the importance of identity and representation.
The literary mixing of US and Spanish American culture, history, and social concerns is intensified by the inception of Latino literature written in English in the second half of the 20th century, in which authors such as Cristina García, Julia Álvarez, Gloria Anzaldúa, Oscar Hijuelos, Piri Thomas, Pedro Pietri, Miguel Piñero, and, of ...