• The Hungry Woman Cherrie Moraga
• Cherrie Moraga Books

Loving in the War Years,a semi-autobiographical text, documents the political and personal journey of the author, a mixed-race Chicana lesbian feminist. In poetry, journal entries, short prose pieces, and essays, Moraga explores the issues of family socialization; mother-daughter relationships; internalized ideas.

. Abstract Loving in the War Years,a semi-autobiographical text, documents the political and personal journey of the author, a mixed-race Chicana lesbian feminist. In poetry, journal entries, short prose pieces, and essays, Moraga explores the issues of family socialization; mother-daughter relationships; internalized ideas about race, class, gender, and sexuality; the intersections of cultural identity and sexuality, especially as these impact Chicana lesbians; the complexities of women loving women in a homophobic society; the limitations of liberation movements that do not adequately address the intersection of oppressions; and the need for coalition politics in projects of social change.

The Hungry Woman Cherrie Moraga

Cherrie Moraga Books

This thesis will examine adaptations of Euripides’s Medea by playwrights Luis Alfaro and Cherrie Moraga. In isolating issues of Latin American identity and immigration expressed in the adaptations, this thesis will explore how the playwrights integrated these issues into their works. The sociological analysis through which Alfaro’s Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles will be viewed approaches the Latin American immigrant experience utilizing a phenomenological approach modeled after and informed by various sociological experts and theorists. Moraga’s The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea will be examined as a vehicle for rewriting history within the context of her personal struggles with sexuality, gender discrimination and indigeneity. This thesis will also address how localization, humor, and settings in which the productions took place affected the reception of the adaptations.