Reflections of Other/Reflections of Self

This Thesis collection contains a critical preface and five stories. The preface, “Reflejos y Reflexiones” (translated: Images and Thoughts), addresses the issues of writing the cultural or gendered Other; these issues include methodology, literary colonialism, a dialogue between works, and creating distance through defamiliarizing the self. “Perennials” is the story of Noemi Tellez, an immigrant to the U.S. who must choose between working and taking care of her family. In “Load Bearing” Luis, the eldest child, faces his family and friends on one of his last days before moving away to college. “La Monarca” deals with Lily's, the youngest daughter, struggle to mediate a place between her friends and her family. In “Reflections in the River,” Arabela, the second youngest, faces the ghost of an unwanted pregnancy and La Llorona. “La Cocina de Su Madre” is the story of Magda, the oldest daughter, and her own teenage girl, Natalia, as they attempt to find themselves in a new town after moving a thousand miles from home.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Bebout, Lee

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rodman, Barbara
• Marks, Corey
• Perez, Domino

• Mexican Americans -- Fiction.
• creative writing
• short stories
• independence
• cultural identity
• immigrants

Statement dc:rights

• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Bebout, Lee
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 50444724
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3189/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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