SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literature: Sandra Cisneros

»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). Her work experiments with literary forms that investigate emerging subject positions, which Cisneros herself attributes to growing up in a context of cultural hybridity and economic inequality that endowed her with unique stories to tell. She She is the recipient of numerous awards, (...), and is regarded as a key figure in Chicano literature.« -- More information: Wikipedia

The House on Mango Street (Novel)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The House on Mango Street is a 1984 novel by Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros. Structured as a series of vignettes, it tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicana girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. Based in part on Cisneros's own experience, the novel follows Esperanza over the span of one year in her life, as she enters adolescence and begins to face the realities of life as a young woman in a poor and patriarchal community. Elements of the Mexican-American culture and themes of social class, race, sexuality, identity, and gender are interwoven throughout the novel.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century | II. Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | III. Topical Index: Types: Victims: Child Sexual Abuse

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I. Author Index

[Info] Field, Robin E. »Revising Chicana Womanhood: Gender Violence in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street.« Feminism, Literature and Rape Narratives: Violence and Violation. Edited by Sorcha Gunne et al. New York 2010: 54- .

[Info] Libbey, Allison J. The Telling of Trauma: Narratives of Rape on Twentieth-Century Hispanic Culture. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Virginia, 2013.

[Info] Yanti, Elga D., et al. »Sexual Harassment Reflected In Novel The House On Mango Street.« Journal of Humanities and Social Studies 8 (2024): 548-551.

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