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Daughters of self-creation : the contemporary Chicana novel /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eysturoy, Annie O., 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1996]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
American fiction > Mexican American authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature.
Mexican American women in literature.
Mexican Americans in literature.
Bildungsromans > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Bildung as entrapment
  • Victuum : a psychic rite of passage
  • Trini : a Chicana quest myth
  • Bildung as a subversive act
  • The house on Mango Street : a space of her own
  • The last of the menu girls : learning from the women
  • Conclusion : toward a definition of the Chicana bildungsroman/künstlerroman.