Telling Border Life Stories: Four Mexican American Women Writers

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Telling Border Life Stories number eighteen Rio Grande/Río Bravo:Borderlands Culture andTraditions Norma E.Cantú, General Editor A list of titles in this series is available at the end of the book. Telling Border Life Stories Four Mexican American Women Writers Donna M. Kabalen de Bichara Texas a&M UniversiTy Press | College station Copyright © 2013 by Donna M.Kabalen de Bichara Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). Binding materials have been chosen for durability. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Kabalen de Bichara,Donna M. Telling border life stories :four Mexican American women writers / Donna M.Kabalen de Bichara.— 1st ed. p.cm.— (Rio Grande/Río Bravo:borderlands culture and traditions ;no.18) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13:978-1-60344-804-8 (cloth :alk.paper) ISBN-10:1-60344-804-7 (cloth :alk.paper) ISBN-13:978-1-60344-950-2 (e-book) ISBN-10:1-60344-950-7 (e-book) 1.American prose literature—Women authors—History and criticism. 2.Autobiography—Women authors—History and criticism. 3.American fiction—Mexican American authors—History and criticism. 4.Biographical fiction, American—Southwest,New—History and criticism. 5.Mireles,Jovita González, 1904–1983.Dew on the thorn. 6.Jaramillo,Cleofas M.Romance of a little village girl. 7.Wilbur-Cruce,Eva Antonia.Beautiful,cruel country. 8.Ponce,Mary Helen. Hoyt Street. 9.Mexican American women authors—Southwest,New— Biography—History and criticism. 10.Mexican American women in literature. 11.Self in literature. 12.Group identity in literature. I.Title. II.Series:Rio Grande/Río Bravo ;no.18. PS366.A88K33 2013 818›.54030992870896872—dc23 2012031602 ...