"Woman Hollering Creek"

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The paper examines Sandra Cisneros' collection entitled "Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories" that focuses on Cleofilas' story as a poor, young mother with an abusive husband and no family support. The paper describes how Cisneros uses the rosy expectations of a young girl married for life positioned against the also false expectations that life will be better in the promised land of the north. According to the paper, Cisneros tries to be true to her Mexican-American culture in her writing without excluding people who don't know the culture.

From the Paper:

"Woman Hollering Creek and other short stories is a collection of stories whose characters give a feminine voice to the vibrant and varied life on both side of the Mexican-American border. The women in these stories offer tales of childhood, family and change, filled with moments of startling insight and perception. The stories look into the cultural clash between man and woman, between the perceived hoped for life and the stark reality. "Woman Hollering Creek" is a coming of age story set in a sharp contrast between well loved daughter and beaten desolate wife, from friend and respected community member to alone and outcast. From expecting a knight in shining armor type of husband to finding strength in other women and one's self."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Barbato, Joseph. "Latino Writers in the American Market." Publishers Weekly. 1 February 1991. 17-21
• Cisneros, Sandra, Woman Hollering Creek and other stories , 1991, Random House, New York, NY.
• Cisneros, Sandra, The House on Mango Street , 1991, Vintage, New York, NY
• Cisneros, Sandra, My Wicked Ways , 1987,Third Woman Press, Berkley, CA
• Cisneros, Sandra, Caramelo, 2002, Knopf, New York, NY

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