Although the short stories, Never Marry a Mexican, Woman Hollering Creek, and La Fabulosa: A Texas Operetta by Sandra Cisneros portray stories of "male superiority," if one were to search deeper, traces of womanly power can certainly be discovered. ... Through these three stories, Cisneros illustrates power as: learning and developing it; having confidence and demonstrating it; and simply possessing it as sheer authority and control. ... The last variation of power to be exemplified by Cisneros is located in her story, La Fabulosa: A Texas Operetta. ...

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