In this episode we continue our journey through the fascinating stories of Sandra Cisneros Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories. We shift from looking at these stories through parental impact and communication and shift to how Cisneros creates stories and characters who help break these stereotypes that constrain women in Mexican- American societies. We discuss how Cisneros has given readers something to connect and relate to and shows us how women have every right to pursue the life they desire without feeling guilty.
Grab a drink, sit down, relax, and join us for an episode full of reflection and honest conversation. Thank you for sticking around!
Again a special thanks to the authors, journals, and sources that helped us dive deep in todays episode.
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-Doyle, Jacqueline. “Haunting the Borderlands: La Llorona in Sandra Cisneros’s ‘Woman Hollering Creek.’” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 16, no. 1 (1996): 53–70. https://doi.org/10.2307/3346922.
-Stevens, Evelyn P., and Martí Soler. “El Marianismo: La Otra Cara Del Machismo En América Latina.” Diálogos: Artes, Letras, Ciencias Humanas 10, no. 1 (55) (1974): 17–24.
-Sugg, Katherine. “The Ultimate Rebellion: Chicana Narratives of Sexuality and Community.” Meridians 3, no. 2 (2003): 139–70.
-Rojas, Maythee G. “Cisneros’s ‘Terrible’ Women: Recuperating the Erotic as a Feminist Source in ‘Never Marry a Mexican’ and ‘Eyes of Zapata.’” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 20, no. 3 (1999): 135–57. https://doi.org/10.2307/3347227.