Sandra Cisneros
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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SANDRA CISNEROS
HER CHILDHOOD
Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago on December 20, 1954. Her Father and Mother were Mexican American, but he was always homesick, therefore she traveled between Mexico and America for most of her life. She was always moved to strange places which made her adaptation more uncomfortable.
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"Because we moved so much, and always in neighborhoods that appeared like France after World War 2-- empty lots and burned- out- buildings-- I retreated inside myself," Cisneros once said. She became very shy and did not associate with the other children at school.
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Sandra Cisneros attended Loyola University and in 1976, Cisneros was admitted to the prestigious Writers´ Workshop at the University of Iowa. She was also awarded the M.F.A degree in 1978.
Cisneros then took a very deep interest in professionalizing herself in the writing of books. Cisneros tried coming up with her own character,setting, etc... Unhappy with her results, Cisneros then decided to write about her childhood in her own neighborhood. From here, "The House on Mango Street," was written.
Cisneros did not complete the book for several years; meanwhile, she taught high school and served as a college recruiter and a student counselor. After winning a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, Cisneros went to Greece to work on her fiction.
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Cisneros' awards are 2 National Endowment for the Arts fellowships; the American Book Award, for The House on Mango Street; the Paisano Dobie Fellowship; first and second prizes in Segundo Concurso Nacional del Cuento Chicano; the Lannan Foundation Literary Award; a doctorate from the State University of New York & MacArthur Fellowship.
Her work has been praised by critics all around the world because of her creative and unique style of writing. She has influenced the world with new tastes of cultures and humorous and inspiring forms of writing.
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Vignette-a short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or gives an impression about a character, idea, setting, or object.
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Death in Latin American Culture:
-Latin Americans embrace death.
-Death is identified with life and Latin American culture encourages imagining your death, preparing for it and living intensely until death arrives.
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Multiculturalism- the demographic makeup of a specific place.
-Mass immigration has contributed to mass multiculturalism in the United States.
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Barrio Life- Barrio life in Mexican- American societies was very difficult. They are a strong society entwined together, but violence and drugs was a major issue in barrios.
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Women's rights in Mexican- American cultures- Women in hispanic communities we treated unfairly because they were always seen as a minority. What most people don't know is that women are still treated unfairly in hispanic cultures, and no one does anything to prevent this discrimination.
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SANDRA CISNEROS
By: Anastasia, Maria, and Noelia
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