Daughters of self-creation
Subtitle: the contemporary Chicana novel
By: Annie O. Eysturoy.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: American fiction -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism.; American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature.; Mexican American women -- Intellectual life.; Maturation (Psychology) in literature.; Mexican American women in literature.; Mexican Americans in literature.; Bildungsromans -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-165) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bildung as entrapment; title: Victuum : a psychic rite of passage; title: Trini : a Chicana quest myth; title: Bildung as a subversive act; title: The house on Mango Street : a space of her own; title: The last of the menu girls : learning from the women; title: Conclusion :  toward a definition of the Chicana bildungsroman/künstlerroman.