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ISBN. 0-679-73856-8. OCLC. 24374139. 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 ...
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 ...
e. 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 ...
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 ...
Coordinates: 29°26′53″N 98°11′20″W. Bridge and road sign at Woman Hollering Creek, on highway F. M. 1518 just north of I-10. Woman Hollering Creek is a creek Bexar County, Texas, United States. At one point, it crosses Interstate 10, between Seguin, and San Antonio. It is a tributary of Martinez Creek, which is a tributary of Cibolo ...
ISBN. 0-679-43554-9. 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 ...
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." Traditionally, La Llorona is a treacherous figure; she kills her own children, in an act of ultimate betrayal.
The House on Mango Street. Categories: American novels by writer. Books by Sandra Cisneros. Mexican-American novels.