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Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street: The Bildungsroman and Identity Formation
IAFOR Journal of Literature and LibrarianshipThis article employs the psychosocial theories of Erik Erikson on identity development to negotiate the growth and learning process of Esperanza Cordero, the young adolescent heroine of Sandra Cisneros’s novel The House on Mango Street (1984).
Shadi S. Neimneh
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Latin American Literary Review, 2020 In Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street, deciphering two key motifs—the rose and trees—is fundamental to unpacking the central tension of the book: the protagonist’s desire to leave Mango Street and return in writing.
Morgan Keith Stewart
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Entre diásporas e estranhamentos: tecendo olhares sobre a obra de Sandra Cisneiros
Diálogos, 2016 A relação entre identidade e alteridade constitui uma das preocupações fundamentais tanto dos estudos pós-coloniais quanto da crítica feminista. Sob uma perspectiva interdisciplinar centrada no diálogo entre ambos os campos de estudo, analisamos neste ...
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Acta Neophilologica, 2018 The article offers a systematic critique of identity politics and intersectionality that today dominate Western mainstream literary theory and Anglo-Saxon literary production by bringing to the fore a much overlooked critical intervention on the part of
Lilijana Burcar
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Fluminensia: Journal for Philological Research, 2017 The House on Mango Street has been translated into more than 20 languages worldwide, including Croatian in 2005. The novel has secured a firm foothold in many a literature and cultural studies syllabus outside the USA and has served as one of central ...
Lilijana Burcar
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Ex-centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media, 2019 Everyone knows the story of the big brick house with the white picket fence and the quiet subdivisions of identical houses and families. Regardless of race, class, religion, or gender, the lure of the ideal home appeals to the masses.
Taylor O’Kelley
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L’enfance immigrée et ses lieux de mémoire
Babel: Littératures Plurielles, 2005 Avec les outils de la littérature comparée, Crystel Pinçonnat s’intéresse au thème de l’enfance, montrant notamment comment les écrivains issus de l’émigration (maghrébine en France, hispanique aux États-Unis) comblent l’absence de greniers de grands ...
Crystel Pinçonnat
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Acta Neophilologica, 2015 The article deals with the main female characters that appear in Sandra Cisneros' collection of vignettes, House on Mango Street (1991). It sheds light on their lives and motives for their actions, through social criticism of Gloria Anzaldúa and the main
Špela Grum
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Homes on Borders in Chicano Literature
Romanian Journal of English Studies, 2019 In “Borderlands/La Frontera” (1987), Gloria Anzaldúa writes about the “tradition of long walks” (11) across physical and imaginary borders, which defines her Mexican-American people.
Tucan Gabriela
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Study and Scrutiny, 2019 This article, written in large part as a testimonio, argues that the use of culturally relevant texts with struggling, minoritized readers will increase their opportunity at literacy and academic success.
René Saldaña
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