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The Hungry WomanA Mexican Medea andHeart of the EarthA Popul Vuh StoryCherríe MoragaThese plays test the borders between tragedy and comedy to show how myth and cultural history have shaped the Chicano imagination. In The Hungry Woman, Moraga draws from the Greek Medea and the myth of La Llorona. She portrays a woman gone mad between her longing for another woman and for the indigenous nation which is denied her. In Heart of the Earth, a feminist revisioning of the Mayan Popul Vuh story, Moraga creates a modern allegory in which the villain is white, patriarchal, and greedy for hearts. The play, originally a collaboration with master puppetmaker Ralph Lee, was first produced at The Public Theater in New York in 1994. 6 x 9 inches • 165 pages • ISBN 0-9705344-0-X • $15.95 |
Cherríe Moraga
Cherríe Moraga grew up during the emergence of Chicano/a awareness in California in the 1960s. Nationally recognized as a poet, dramatist, and essayist, Moraga was coeditor of the groundbreaking feminist anthology This Bridge Called My Back in 1983. American Theatre has described her as “on the cutting edge . . . carv[ing] out the future of Chicano/a Theatre.” West End Press is proud to have published seven of her plays in four editions, beginning with Giving Up the Ghost in 1987 and culminating in Hungry Woman and Watsonville / Circle in the Dirt in 2002.  |