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Sandra Cisneros: Border Crossings and Beyond, in MELUS » Read Now
by Robin Ganz. 11 pgs.

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...Sandra Cisneros: border crossings and beyond by...Gloria Anzaldua, Cherrie Moraga and Sandra Cisneros converted the unyielding forces of gender...had been an outsider twice...
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Latina Self-Portraits: Interviews with Contemporary Women Writers (Chap. 3 "A Home in the Heart: An Interview with Sandra Cisneros") » Read Now
by Bridget Kevane, Juanita N. Heredia. 168 pgs.

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Embracing Chicana, Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican writers and writers descended from a combined US and Latin American heritage, Latina literature is one of the fastest growing and most exciting fields in fiction. This literature is characterised by revisionist views of recent history, a concern...
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Embracing Chicana, Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican writers and writers descended from a combined US and Latin American heritage, Latina literature is one of the fastest growing and most exciting fields in fiction. This literature is characterised by revisionist views of recent history, a concern with exile and borders, a blending of genres, and a complex understanding of the term feminist. In these ten interviews, Kevane and Heredia give writers the opportunity to talk about how they began to write, the craft of writing, the conjunction of life, art and politics, literary influences, and their goals as artists. Readers will meet Julia Alvarez, Denise Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Rosario Ferré, Cristina García, Nicholasa Mohr, Cherríe Moraga, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Esmeralda Santiago, and Helena María Viramontes. The writers' personal and literary journeys vividly portrayed in these interviews will enrich and enhance the readers' understanding of this exciting field. The volume also includes bibliographies of the writers' work.
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U.S. Latino Literature: A Critical Guide for Students and Teachers (Chap. 10 "Female Voices in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street") » Read Now
by Harold Augenbraum, Margarite Olmos Fernandez. 216 pgs.

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In the past ten years, literature by U.S. Latinos has gained an extraordinary public currency and has engendered a great deal of interest among educators. Because of the increase in numbers of Latinos in their classrooms, teachers have recognized the benefits of including works by such important...
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In the past ten years, literature by U.S. Latinos has gained an extraordinary public currency and has engendered a great deal of interest among educators. Because of the increase in numbers of Latinos in their classrooms, teachers have recognized the benefits of including works by such important writers as Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Rudolfo Anaya in the curriculum. Without a guide, introducing courses on U.S. Latino literature or integrating individual works into the general courses on American Literature can be difficult for the uninitiated. While some critical sources for students and teachers are available, none are dedicated exclusively to this important body of writing. To fill the gap, the editors of this volume commissioned prominent scholars in the field to write 18 essays that focus on using U.S. Latino literature in the classroom. The selection of the subject texts was developed in conjunction with secondary school teachers who took part in the editors' course. This resultant volume focuses on major works that are appropriate for high school and undergraduate study including Judith Ortiz Cofer's The Latin Deli, Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Streets, and Cisneros' The House on Mango Street.
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Daughters of Self-Creation: The Contemporary Chicana Novel (Chap. 3 "The House on Mango Street: A Space of Her Own") » Read Now
by Annie O. Eysturoy. 172 pgs.

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...written in English and include Victuum 1976 by Isabella Rios, The House on Mango Street 1985 by Sandra Cisneros, Trini 1986 by Estela Portillo Trambley , and The Last of...
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Teaching American Ethnic Literatures: Nineteen Essays ("Entering the House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)" begins on p. 209) » Read Now
by John R. Maitino, David R. Peck. 350 pgs.

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...The House on Mango Street" Sandra Cisneros 209 Antonio C. Marquez...story could use the essays on Sandra Cisneros The House on Mango Street Julian Olivares...so eloquently...
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"What Is Called Heaven": Identity in Sandra Cisneros's 'Woman Hollering Creek,' in Studies in Short Fiction » Read Now
by Jeff Thomson. 10 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...called Heaven": identity in Sandra Cisneross Woman Hollering Creek. by...the most ambitious story of Sandra Cisneross second collection, Woman Hollering Creek and Other...
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Sandra Cisneros's Modern Malinche: A Reconsideration of Feminine Archetypes in Woman Hollering Creek, in International Fiction Review » Read Now
by Alexandra Fitts. 12 pgs.

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...Sandra Cisneross modern Malinche: a reconsideration of...by Alexandra Fitts Sandra Cisneross collection of stories Woman Hollering...dolls and blond beauty queens. While...
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Claiming the Bittersweet Matrix: Alice Walker, Sandra Cisneros, and Adrienne Rich, in Critique » Read Now
by Nancy Corson Carter. 10 pgs.

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...Bittersweet Matrix: Alice Walker, Sandra Cisneros, and Adrienne Rich NANCY CORSON CARTER...her lifes work. The second is Sandra Cisneros The House on Mango Street , a...
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Gritos desde la Frontera: Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, and Postmodernism, in MELUS » Read Now
by Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak. 18 pgs.

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...desde la Frontera: Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, and Postmodernism by Elisabeth...novel So Far From God (1993) and Sandra Cisneross short story "Little Miracles, Kept...
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(Out)Classed Women: Contemporary Chicana Writers on Inequitable Gendered Power Relations (Discusses the works of Sandra Cisneros in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Phillipa Kafka. 147 pgs.

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Critical discussions of the works of Chicana authors are invariably grounded in issues of power and politics. This book examines how contemporary Chicana writers have explored the subjugation of Chicanas. While Chicanos and Chicanas often suffer from the oppression of European Americans, Chicanas...
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Critical discussions of the works of Chicana authors are invariably grounded in issues of power and politics. This book examines how contemporary Chicana writers have explored the subjugation of Chicanas. While Chicanos and Chicanas often suffer from the oppression of European Americans, Chicanas are additionally oppressed by a cultural system that subordinates them even further because of their gender. The first part of the volume discusses the major concerns and themes of Chicana writers in terms of the problems caused by inequitable gendered power relations. In the second, the proposed solutions of Chicana writers are presented. The final portion of the volume explores the relationship between Chicanas and other women writers and critics of color, Jewish feminists, and the mainstream feminist movement.
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From Llorona to Gritona: Coatlicue in Feminist Tales by Viramontes and Cisneros, in MELUS » Read Now
by Ana Maria Carbonell. 22 pgs.

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...Coatlicue In Feminist Tales by Viramontes and Cisneros by Ana Maria Carbonell In...writers Helena Maria Viramontes and Sandra Cisneros, by constructing defiant Llorona...