The House on Mango Street by https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m A study guide with context and academic elaboration. en-us 2018-08-07 01:00:21 UTC 2024-12-14 09:44:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Simplehouse.png In Search of Identity rward31 https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272142110 Maria Elena de Valdes "examines the 'highly lyrical narrative voice' of The House on Mango Street in relation to textual representations of 'a poetics of identity' as a Chicana writer."]]> 2018-08-07 01:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272142110 The "Dual"-ing Images of la Malinche and la Virgen de Guadalupe rward31 https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272156846 Leslie Petty examines the conflict of "black/white, good/bad, clean/dirty dualities" which play a prominent role in Esperanza's coming of age. ]]> 2018-08-07 03:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272156846 Chicana “Belonging” rward31 https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157026 Regina Betz discusses some of the literary technique employed by Cisneros, referring to the chapters as "poetically-composed vignettes that include the use of 'Spanglish.'”
She also discusses how Esperanza experiences feelings of belonging in her community. ]]> 2018-08-07 03:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157026 Library of Congress: A Growing Community rward31 https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157200 This LOC page gives a broad overview of immigration to the US, but with a couple sections that center on immigrants from Mexico, particularly during the mid to late 1900s. ]]> 2018-08-07 03:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157200 Timeline - Latino Americans rward31 https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157248 This timeline adds even more detail to our understanding of Mexican immigration in the mid to late 1900s. ]]> 2018-08-07 03:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157248 Blind Spot: 'The House on Mango Street' by Sandra Cisneros rward31 https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157290 This reflection offers a unique perspective on The House on Mango Street and Esperanza. The author had recently given birth to her first child. She discusses how reading this novel affected her outlook on not only being a young woman, but on raising a daughter too. ]]> 2018-08-07 03:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157290 ‘The House on Mango Street’ is poignant, moving rward31 https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157333 This article is a review of an adaptation of the book into a play by Amy Ludwig and directed by Alexandra B. Meda. ]]> 2018-08-07 03:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157333 The House on Mango Street - The Story rward31 https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157516 Sandra Cisneros provides much of the needed context for the novel. Among other things, she explains the roots of the name of the novel, and answers whether Esperanza is based off of herself. ]]> 2018-08-07 03:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272157516 The Poetics of Space rward31 https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272158415 Julian Olivares "examines Cisneros's use of imagery in The
House on Mango Street, analyzing the metaphor of the house and the dialectics of inside vs.
outside, here vs. there, integration vs. alienation, and comfort vs. anxiety."]]> 2018-08-07 03:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rward31/5t5kozepjl6m/wish/272158415