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128 pp.
| Morgan
| January, 2005
|
LibraryISBN 1-931798-42-7$21.95
(4)
YA
World Writers series.
Bracket explores Cisneros's Chicana heritage and its influences on her writing. The focus is primarily on her feelings of isolation and her attempts to feel at home with her surroundings and culture. The well-researched but sterile and disjointed text includes brief literary analyses of Cisneros's writings as well as discussions of her political activism. Timeline. Bib., ind.