Dec 24, 2009
Sandra Cisneros, America’s most-read Latina, utilizes the rebozo, the traditional Mexican shawl, as her primary metaphor throughout Caramelo, the author’s first novel since her celebrated The House on Mango Street (1984). The eight-foot-long rebozo represents Mexico’s ultimate mestizo, or mixed article. Spanish in origin, it also enculturates native Indian influences and, in addition to protection from the cold, acts as an apron, a baby carrier, a tablecloth, and can even designate the marital status of a woman. Much like the time-honored rebozo, which...
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