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Luminarias

Luminarias. Women as Sovereign Subjects. The four characters, shared features. Upwardly mobile Highly educated, skilled Independent of men, their incomes An artist, a lawyer, a fashion designer, and a therapist. Andrea (Evelina Fernandez). Played by Evelina Fernandez-the writer and actress

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Luminarias

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  1. Luminarias Women as Sovereign Subjects

  2. The four characters,shared features • Upwardly mobile • Highly educated, skilled • Independent of men, their incomes • An artist, a lawyer, a fashion designer, and a therapist

  3. Andrea (Evelina Fernandez) • Played by Evelina Fernandez-the writer and actress • The central protagonist • An attorney • Her husband as a womanizer-repeat offender • Defends a client against an abusive husband • Falls in love with a Jewish lawyer, the man defending the abuser

  4. Irene (Dyana Ortelli) • Clothing designer • Gave up sex for Lent • Longs for a lasting relationship • Fashion statements • Brother is a gay transvestite (Carmelo)

  5. Lilly (Angela Moya) • An artist • Gets involved with a Korean American male • His parents reject her as a Mexican American • Called ‘la fea’ by her family

  6. Sofia (Marta DuBois) • Westside, the assimilated one-comfortable in two worlds • A therapist • Gets involved with a Mexican waiter-an unlikely pairing

  7. Other characters • Joe, (Robert Beltran) the womanizer husband • Joseph (Scott Bakula), Andrea’s love interest • Pablo (Sal Lopez), the Mexican waiter • Lu (Andrew Lim), Lilly’s boyfriend • Jesus (Cheech Marin) Andrea’s brother • Tia Tonia (Lupe Ontiveros) • Tia Concha (Angelina Estrada)

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