They dream, they pine, they are sexual creatures, they adapt. What they do have in common is an iron fiber and determination shared with the men. The whorehouse is on the fringes of respectability, where much of Steinbeck's imaginative vision expands and his prostitutes and madams, far from being stereotypical, run the full range of human experience.įurthermore, his mothers are hardly tied to the stove. His fascination with the byways of human sexuality-from the whimsical Lopez sisters in The Pastures of Heaven who sell their bodies with their tortillas, to the lusty creatures in Tortilla Flat, to the motherly Faye, the sensual African-American madam whose funeral in East of Eden (Chapter 48) is as somber and mysterious as her life, and the depraved Kate-is a firm rejection of middle-class mores and values.

It may be more important to recognize that neither the mothers nor the prostitutes in his writings are one-dimensional. Great in kitchens, baths, offices and high traffic areas. These can even be used in controlled outdoor settings, or in a screened in porch. Durable, non-slip surface and lays flat.Are Steinbeck's women stereotypical? Criticism of Steinbeck's women often examines their social roles, concluding, rather dismissively, that he writes about mothers and whores. Inspired by old floor cloths and vintage linoleum, the Spicher and Company Vinyl Floor Cloths offer warm colors with beautiful aging.

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