Best known as the author of The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros is recognized as one the most important contemporary U.S. writers. In this book, the author examines the ways in which issues of cultural and racial identity are reflected in Cisneros' writing and social activism. She looks...

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Main Author:	Rivera, Carmen Haydée (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Barbara, Calif. [u.a.] Praeger 2009
Series:	Women writers of color
Subjects:	Cisneros, Sandra Cisneros, Sandra > 1954- Geschichte 1900-2000 Authors, American > 20th century > Biography Mexican American authors > Biography Mexican American women authors > Biography Mexican American women > Biography Women authors, American > 20th century > Biography Biografie
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	Best known as the author of The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros is recognized as one the most important contemporary U.S. writers. In this book, the author examines the ways in which issues of cultural and racial identity are reflected in Cisneros' writing and social activism. She looks at Cisneros' creative process when writing novels and analyzes her poetry collections, highlighting the distinctions that she makes between the two forms of writing. The author concludes with a discussion of Cisneros' role as an activist involved in community affairs, particularly those related to the development of Latino/a lives. This book is a revealing and multi-faceted portrait of Cisneros as writer, woman, and Mexican American.
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index An artist in the making -- Telling to live: an approach to Sandra Cisneros' fictional world -- "Entering into the serpent": a provocative Chicana poetics -- Caramelo: weaving family and national history into storytelling -- A rebellious soul in San Antonio: Sandra Cisneros' social activism
Physical Description:	XIV, 127 S. 25 cm