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de Valdés, María Elena (2005), "The Critical Reception of Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street", Contemporary Literary Criticism, vol. 193, Gale Literature Resource Center Originally published as de Valdés, María Elena (1993), "The Critical Reception of Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street", in von Bardeleben, Renate (ed ...
Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, The House on Mango Street (1983), and her subsequent short story collection, Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991).
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories is a book of short stories published in 1991 by the Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros.The collection reflects Cisneros's experience of being surrounded by American influences while still being familially bound to her Mexican heritage as she grew up north of the Mexico-US border.
Sandra Cisneros’ groundbreaking novel introduces readers to Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicana growing up in a close-knit but poor Chicago neighborhood, as she becomes increasingly aware ...
[13] Sandra Cisneros has used this modern La Llorona story that is "Woman Hollering Creek" to give a "voice to the violated Latina mother who struggles against domestic violence and economic and emotional dependency on men." [15] Traditionally, La Llorona is a treacherous figure; she kills her own children, in an act of ultimate betrayal.
Since the 1980s, contemporary Latino literature has an abundance of self-reflexive, metafictional works, including novels and short stories by Junot Díaz (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao), [5] Sandra Cisneros , [6] Salvador Plascencia (The People of Paper), [7] Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body and Other Parties), [8] Rita Indiana (Tentacle ...
Caramelo is a 2002 epic novel spanning a hundred years of Mexican history by American author Sandra Cisneros. It was inspired by her Mexican heritage and childhood in the barrio of Chicago, Illinois. The main character, Lala, is the only girl in a family of seven children and her family often travels between Chicago and Mexico City.
A week after wind-whipped wildfires began their deadly rampage through Southern California, investigators search for clues into what started the devastating blazes. The answers may take months or ...