The House on Mango Street is an example of Chicano literature and explores the complexities of its culture. Through Esperanza Cordero, the heroine of this novel, Sandra Cisneros demonstrates that the "patriarchal Chicana Chicago community that raised her will not permit her development as a female writer".[64] Through this book, she addresses the oppression that many women feel when growing up in Chicano communities, such as Mango Street.[64]
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