Helena María Viramontes
Biographic Data
| ID | 6199614 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helena María Viramontes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helena María |
| FAMILY NAME | Viramontes |
| SIGNATURE | VIRAMONTES H M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Under the Feet of Jesus
At the center of this powerful tale is Estrella, a girl about to cross over the perilous border to womanhood. What she knows of life comes from her mother, who has survived abandonment by her husband in a land that treats her as if she were invisible, even though she and her children pick the crops of the farms that feed its people...from the aging but iron-bodied man who reluctantly becomes the head of the family, even as dreams of his youth in …
Chicana Creativity and Criticism
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Chicana Creativity and Criticism
Under the Feet of Jesus
At the center of this powerful tale is Estrella, a girl about to cross over the perilous border to womanhood. What she knows of life comes from her mother, who has survived abandonment by her husband in a land that treats her as if she were invisible, even though she and her children pick the crops of the farms that feed its people...from the aging but iron-bodied man who reluctantly becomes the head of the family, even as dreams of his youth in …
Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Abandonment (legal) (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · American literature (1 work) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (1 work) · Beauty (1 work)