Annotated Bibliography
Cisneros, Sandra. “About Sandra Cisneros.” December 22 2008. April 1 2012. Article. Web.
This webpage had facts about Cisneros' early life and also serves as a blog for her. It helped in adding background information and insight to the text that I analyzed. The source is credible because it is Cisneros' personal site and she is the administrator of the information. We used her biography which was on this site to help us with our presentation. It helped us know more about her background and her struggles as a Chicana.
"And Some More and The Family of Little Feet. The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage, 1991. 35-42. Print.
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros contains the two short stories that are used in Heather’s analysis. Both stories had a sense of thinking outside the box with that idea she used in her analysis. The House on Mango Street is a primary source directly from Sandra.
Cisneros, Sandra. Loose Woman. New York City. New York. Vintage Publishing. March 28. 1995. Print.
This is a poetry collection by Cisneros where she blends her American upbringing with her Mexican Heritage. Compared to her other works, this collection explores her sexuality more, and even hints at a personal affair she may have had. She incorporates Spanish words, although the majority is in English. She uses Spanish language to continuously connect her poetry to her Chicana roots, while defying the “Chicana” image that Americans and Mexicans have.
Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek And Other Stories. 13. New York: Vintage, 1991. 14, 40. Print.
In order to properly analyze Ms. Cisneros and her work, it was necessary to read her works and become familiarized with them. This is a book that contains many of her short stories. By reading the book, I was able to analyze her tone and pick out a few stories that I felt best represented the overall themes of Otherness and Feminism. It was a useful source for Cisneros' work, as I needed to read the stories in order to analyze them. It is a valid source because it is Cisneros' own work.
Cisneros, Sandra. My Wicked Wicked Ways. berkeley: Third Woman Press, 1987.
This is one of Sandra Cisneros poem books these are some edgy poems that give a glimpse to the moment of fragility in the authors life and with a silver lining of happiness. This comes from the author herself and is good source and poems. Analyzing her poems gave us a more in depth knowledge to what the author is about. This gave us an understanding into her struggles in her early 20's.
Galens, David M. ed. Poetry Criticism. Vol. 52. Detroit: Gale, 2004. From Literature Resource Center. Web. 15 April 2012.
This was actually part of a series, and it was titled, Interviews with Writers of the Post-Colonial World. The source came from the Salt Lake Community College online databases, so I knew the source was scholarly. This source discussed feminism in Cisneros' work, and also included actual quotes from Cisneros herself. I wanted to tie the feminism theme in with the two stories I analyzed, Barbie-Q and My Tocaya.
Juffer, Jane. "Sandra Cisneros Career." Modern American Poetry. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr 2012.
This article goes into more detail about Sandra's personal life (including details of her sexuality and preference which helped with the analyzing of the poem) as well as her career as a writer and educator. Where her personal biography added more facts, this article helped to tie in her personality and rhythm. This article was written by Jane A. Juffer who at the time of this article had written it for University of Illinois, which is a large public research intensive university, which establishes the credibility of the University, and Jane's credibility comes with her educational history as she now serves as a Graduate Faculty Member at Cornell University, she herself is also a Latina.
Knopf, Alfred A. Major works. 18 April 2012. 18 April 2012 <Sandracisneros.com>
This webpage describes the works inside the collection of poetry "Loose Woman". It was useful because it not only listed the other poems inside of the publication but it also had examples of other pieces inside of the book, which aided in added insight as to what the overall atmosphere the poem was, which helped me narrow down what she was trying to say in Loose Woman (the poem) and if my analysis was consistent with the tempo of the rest of the works. The source is credible because it is Cisernos' personal site and she is the administrator of the information.
Madsen, Deborah. “Understanding Contemporary Chicana Literature.” University of South Carolina
Press. South Carolina. January 1 2001.
This book explores the work and tone of six Mexican American woman writers: Ana Castillo, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Denise Chavez, Sandra Cisneros, Alma Luz Villanueva, and Bernice ZamoraDelphs. Madsen uses Cisneros’ writing to explore how Cisneros views herself caught between two cultures, American and Mexican. Madsen uses direct lines and quotes from Cisneros’ works and interviews to support her arguments, so it is a reliable source. According to Madsen, Cisneros believes that a Chicana woman loses her self-image and identity by striving for the approval of both cultures, and in doing so, each culture believes they are betrayed by the woman in some way.
Romo, Leticia I. “Sandra Cisneros' Barbie-Q: A Subversive or Hegemonic Popular Text?” Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Vol. 305. Detroit: Gale. From Literature Resource Center.
This is a critical essay that explores the meanings behind the Barbie-Q story: the societal view that women need to be perfect like Barbie, the stereotypes of women, feminism, and racial issues. This source was useful to me in that I was able to use the information contained in the essay to help make my points that women are under lots of pressure to look like a Barbie doll. It also helped with my point that even children are subjected to this false ideology of what women are supposed to look like.