Talk:The House on Mango Street

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Plot and Themes section

These two sections, along with all of categorization, was cut from this article back in October by an IP user with no edit summary/explanation. I have restored it, but if someone wants to trim them back that would not be amiss. -- nae'blis 15:28, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

It appears that those sections have already been "trimmed back." Kevin chen2003 (talk) 23:36, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Bildungsroman

This article does not have the first requirement of a bildungsroman. The home before Mango is not one Esperanza calls a real home. -Slash- 20:08, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Someone has taken out several parts of this page, leaving sentences incomplete or not making sense at all. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could fix this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.76.141.132 (talk) 19:35, 15 June 2008 (CUT)

As a middle school teacher, I recognize the caption "Pen15 Club" for the book's cover as vandalism. Asking someone to join the Pen15 Club is a way to trick them into letting you write "Pen15"--which looks like "penis"--on their hand. FYI. sbt

Also, I have noticed lots of unhelpful "citation needed" additions on personal impression material that is simply information contained in the book — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.137.145.60 (talk) 00:28, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

i believe it was some what helpful..... hey it gave me all my answers

well i believe that some of the info was important but i also believe that it could have a little more info on esperanza —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.115.220.72 (talk) 16:33, 10 November 2008 (DUTCH)

Author Section Merge with Cisneros page?

I think the section on the Author is redundant with the Sandra Cisneros page. Could we agree to merge that information? Or could someone officially suggest a merge with the merge label? (I don't know how right now, but may look into it later if no one else takes up the issue.) Roseclearfield (talk) 14:15, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

• I had the same reaction. I placed a duplication tag on it. If no one complains in the next few days, I'd be happy simply to delete the section entirely. (If there's anything there that is NOT in the Cisneros article, let me know!) Aristophanes68 (talk) 15:52, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

• • Removed. Aristophanes68 (talk) 03:40, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Format and Plot sections

should be reversed. Changing.

☠ QuackOfaThousandSuns (Talk) ☠ 22:25, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

I would like to reorder the contents on the page with the order: intro, author info, autobiographical history, genre fluidity (format), plot, any symbolism (potential), lead into literary interpretation, expand reception section (include examples of censorship).

Also hyperlink and cite some things from books, provide more examples to contextualize claims. VictoriaShakespeareVictoriashakespeare (talk) 14:36, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Victoria. I think these suggestions are perfect. This is exactly what the article needs to develop a page that truly informs the reader of not only the plot, but the reaction of our community to the content. I think this is a great start. --Aper1123 (talk) 18:15, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

After doing more reading I would like to further discuss the genre/structure/writing style and outline how that affects reader's interpretation and understanding of the story. Additionally, I would like to write about how the book is labeled as "child's fiction" but how it could also be labeled as "adult poetry".Victoriashakespeare (talk) 22:31, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Reception

I would like to reorganize this section to outline the different views of the novels release and discuss different examples of censorship. This section should include content relating to the themes promoted by the author and display controversy behind the content. This section should utilize multiple hyperlinks to connect various other novels that have the same claims against the material. By increasing the size of this section, the readers will be more aware of our culture banning certain books based on content. --Aper1123 (talk) 18:13, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

I would like to add in details of the banning of the books in the MAS program from Tucson, Arizona. I would also like to discuss the work that Cisneros did while traveling with teachers who protested Bill 2281 in Tucson. She traveled across the southwest doing lectures and courses regarding banned literature and her book.Victoriashakespeare (talk) 22:28, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Bibliography so far for the changes I plan to make: Works Cited

Cisneros, Sandra. “House on Mango Street Celebrates 25 Years.” National Public Radio. By Renee Montagne, 9 Apr. 2009. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story. php?storyId=102900929. Accessed 13 Nov. 2016.

de Valdes, Maria Elena. "The Critical Reception of Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street." Contemporary Literary Criticism, edited by Tom Burns and Jeffrey W. Hunter, vol. 193, Gale, 2005. Literature Resource Center, proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login ?url=http:// go. galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p= LitRC&sw=w&u=wash43584&v=2.1&it=r&Id=GALE%7CH1100059813 &asid=3cb113de1a70899aae048bf4ae302d7 5. Accessed 13 Nov. 2016. Originally published in Gender, Self, and Society: Proceedings of the IV International Conference on the Hispanic Cultures of the United States, edited by Renate von Bardeleben, Peter Lang, 1993, pp. 287-295.

Diaz, Tony. “The House on Mango Street Goes to Trial: #MayaVsAZ.” The Huffington Post, 21 Dec, 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tonydiaz/the-house-on- mango-street-goes-to-trial_b_6391022.html. Accessed 13 Nov. 2016.

Garonzik, Rebecca Rae. "'To name that thing without a name': exploring the link between poetry and the child's voice in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street." Letras Femeninas, vol. 37, no. 2, 2011, p.139+. Literature Resource Center, proxy. library.georgetown.edu/login?url= http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p =LitRC&sw=w&u=wash43584&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA338418237&asid =ed9e1e2147a6f235f72ee9989707ff4b. Accessed 13 Nov. 2016.

Hoinski, Michael. “GTT, The Papers Trail, San Antonio.” The New York Times, 8 Mar, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/us/gtt.html. Accessed 13 Nov. 2016.

(The exact format with the proper indentations would not copy in but everything else should be formatted properly)Victoriashakespeare (talk) 22:37, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

I would like to take the time to outline why the book sparked controversy and specific cases pertaining to this information. Also, it is important to point out the background of Cisnero's intention throughout the novel. By doing this, the reader of the article will have greater insight into the roots of the arguments surrounding the novel. --Aper1123 (talk) 02:26, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Bibliography for the changes I intend to make: Works Cited

"Arizona Ban On Ethnic Studies Divides Educators." Talk of the Nation, 24 May 2010. Literature Resource Center, proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&sw=w&u=wash43584&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA227220973&it=r&asid=a272badde6e608b77fe2c301d5c505e9. Accessed 13 Nov. 2016.

Cisneros, Sandra, and Michelle M. Tokarczyk. "Spiritual Sustenance: Interview with Sandra Cisneros." Contemporary Literary Criticism, edited by Jeffrey W. Hunter, vol. 305, Gale, 2011. Literature Resource Center, proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&sw=w&u=wash43584&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CH1100105240&it=r&asid=b0f2c5abe28e9e099624f73cbd1505c8. Accessed 13 Nov. 2016. Originally published in Class Definitions: On the Lives and Writings of Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, and Dorothy Allison, Susquehanna University Press, 2008, pp. 212-219.

de Valdes, Maria Elena. "The Critical Reception of Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street." Contemporary Literary Criticism, edited by Tom Burns and Jeffrey W. Hunter, vol. 193, Gale, 2005. Literature Resource Center, proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&sw=w&u=wash43584&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CH1100059813&it=r&asid=3cb113de1a70899aae048bf4ae302d75. Accessed 13 Nov. 2016. Originally published in Gender, Self, and Society: Proceedings of the IV International Conference on the Hispanic Cultures of the United States, edited by Renate von Bardeleben, Peter Lang, 1993, pp. 287-295.

Matchie, Thomas. "Literary Continuity in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street." Short Story Criticism, edited by Anna J. Sheets, vol. 32, Gale, 1999. Literature Resource Center, proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&sw=w&u=wash43584&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CH1420004087&it=r&asid=7014d329fe70123a5e57daf950a0b9ab. Accessed 13 Nov. 2016. Originally published in The Midwest Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Autumn 1995, pp. 67-79.

Sarbanes, Janet. "An overview of The House on Mango Street." Literature Resource Center, Gale, 2016. Literature Resource Center, proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&sw=w&u=wash43584&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CH1420004091&it=r&asid=896f9e74763b83d078caa43d25ac7591. Accessed 13 Nov. 2016.

Sloboda, Nicholas. "A Home in the Heart: Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street." Children's Literature Review, edited by Tom Burns, vol. 123, Gale, 2007. Literature Resource Center, proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&sw=w&u=wash43584&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CH1420076385&asid=baf62f13e2c81ac0dce025b62d8bed9c. Accessed 13 Nov. 2016. Originally published in Aztlan, vol. 22, no. 2, Fall 1997, pp. 89-106.

(The formatting is off due to issues with pasting) --Aper1123 (talk) 02:26, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi

What character action or feeling was unexpected from The House on mango street Shavon45 (talk) 17:58, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Proposed Additions and changes to Article

- Rewriting analysis section or at least trying to find sources and adding citations for each of the claims. -Renaming autobiographical elements to "background" and moving it to before the plot summary - Trying to reorganize the reception section to divide it between positive reception and criticism. -Adding to the lead section and reorganizing it.

Sounds good. Will continue to make minor edits to improve the grammar of the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rberry222 (talk • contribs) 05:57, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

UBC SPAN 322 Chicano Literature: Article Plan

- Review and Edit References
- Cut unnecessary information
- Review sections and add necessary information
- Revise Background section: add section on author and another section with the context of the story
- Overall character analysis: information on each character, their background, family ties; division from principal to supporting characters
- Add onto the analysis section
- add the proper citations, sources, etc.
- Develop section on Identity: where we want to talk about national identity, a person's relation to their place and community, what it is to be part of a new country versus a new community, customs and tradition versus a new life

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UBC class SPAN 322: Bibliography

Maria Elena de Valdés. In Search of Identity in Cisneros' the House on Mango Street. 1999. https://doi.org/10.3138/CRAS-023-01-04
Burcar, Lilijana. "High Heels as a Disciplinary Practice of Femininity in Sandra Cisneros's the House on Mango Street." Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 28, no. 3, 2019, pp. 353-362.
Burcar, Lilijana. "ethnicizing women’s Domestic Entrapment in Sandra cisneros’s Antibildungsroman the House on Mango Street." Fluminensia: Journal for Philological Research, vol. 29, no. 2, 2017, pp. 113-137.
Petty, Leslie. "The "Dual"-Ing Images of La Malinche and La Virgen De Guadalupe in Cisneros's the House on Mango Street." Melus, vol. 25, no. 2, 2000, pp. 119-132. https://www.jstor.org/stable/468222?pq-origsite=summon&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Jacqueline Doyle, More Room of Her Own: Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street, MELUS, Volume 19, Issue 4, December 1994, Pages 5–35, https://doi.org/10.2307/468200
Betz, Regina M. "Chicana "Belonging" in Sandra Cisneros' the House on Mango Street." Rocky Mountain Review, vol. 66, no. SI, 2012, pp. 18. https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&u=ubcolumbia&id=GALE%7CA304172877&v=2.1&it=r&sid=summon
Burcar, L. (2018). Shortcomings and limitations of identity politics and intersectionality in sandra cisneros’s the house on mango street. Acta Neophilologica. https://doi.org/10.4312/AN.51.1-2.25-38
Cepeda, Christine C. (1970) “The Construction of Chicana Identity in ‘The House on Mango Street’ by Sandra Cisneros.” Rice Scholarship Home, https://search.proquest.com/docview/305274391?pq-origsite=summon

Grum, Š. (2015). The analysis of Sandra Cisneros’ House on Mango Steet based on social criticism of Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands: La Frontera. Acta Neophilologica. https://doi.org/10.4312/an.48.1-2.39-48
Rivera, C. H. (2003). Breaking the Rules: Innovation and Narrative Strategies in Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street and Ana Castillo’s The Mixquiahuala Letters. Explorations in Ethnic Studies, 26(1), 108–120. https://doi.org/10.1525/esr.2003.26.1.108
Vichiensing, M. (2018). Investigating ‘Othering’ in Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature. https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.7n.2p.52
Wissman, K. (2007). “Writing will keep you free”: Allusions to and recreations of the fairy tale heroine in the House on Mango Street. Children’s Literature in Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-006-9018-0
Perez, Lorna L. “National Fantasies, Exclusion, and the Many Houses on Mango Street.” Ethnic Studies Review, vol. 35, no. 1, 2012, pp. 53-69. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1370&context=esr
Dubb, Christina R. “Adolescent Journeys: Finding Female Authority in the Rain Catchers and the House on Mango Street.” Children’s Literature in Education, vol. 38, no.3, 2007, pp. 219-232 https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/article/10.1007%2Fs10583-006-9032-2
Savsar, Leyla. ““Mother Tells Me to Forget”: Nostalgic Re-Presentations, Re-Membering, and Re-Telling the Child Migrant’s Identity and Agency in Children’s Literature.” Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 4, 2018, pp. 395-411. https://muse-jhu-edu.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/article/710415
Sloboda, Nicholas. A Home in the Heart: Sandra Cisneros’s the House on Mango Street. , 2007. https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&u=ubcolumbia&id=GALE%7CH1420076385&v=2.1&it=r&sid=summon

Alfaro, Melissa. The Oppression and Deliverance of Women in Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2006 https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/docview/304920544?pq-origsite=summon
Marek, Jayne E. “Difference, Identity, and Sandra Cisneros’s the House on Mango Street.” Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies, vol. 1, 1996. https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/stable/41273924?seq=7#metadata_info_tab_contents

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OK, User:Ubcstudent1234, User:MLTodd, and User:Stephjos, how many of these sources have you used in the article so far? --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 08:54, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Next steps...

1. Read through the article

2. Check if the existent information has citations, and see if we can support those with new information

3. Those that don't have citations try to find the source

4. Remove those that don't have sources

5. Using articles to complete different sections

GOAL for reading break: Skim articles and add information onto website

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Sparknotes and Overly Close Paraphrasing

Hey guys... I have just removed the character summaries from the article. This is for two reasons: 1. They were overly-close paraphrases from the source used. 2. The source (Sparknotes) is in no way a reliable source in the first place. Please use the sources you have identified above (or others of similar quality) and ensure you are not simply copying or lightly rephrasing them. Thanks! --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 18:35, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

"Marxism" Section and References

I cut the "Marxism" section. It was tendentious at best, and utterly unsupported by the source cited (Madsen). And talking of Madsen, I saw that a quote attributed to her came from another book entirely.

There is a lot of stuff to weed through with this article. And time to add properly-cited material from reliable sources. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 06:42, 21 March 2020 (UTC)