%0 Journal Article %T Under Gaze: Pursuit of Women Identity in The House on Mango Street %J - %D 2018 %R http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/10417 %X Growing up in a Mexican-American community, Santra Cisneros, through the character of Esperanza, reveals the struggle of women for pursuing their identity in such a culture-mixed environment which features traditional patriarchal Mexican culture, the new and melted American culture, as well as consuming culture. Esperanza¡¯s special identity determines that she cannot choose which side to be on, but act as a medium helping the communication between her own Mexican culture and the intruding American culture via writing. Gaze and consuming culture cast a profound influence upon the forming of women¡¯s subjective identity. %K Women¡¯s subjective identity %K Gaze %K Consuming culture %U http://cscanada.net/index.php/sll/article/view/10417