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Author:

Eysturoy, Annie O., 1955-

Title:

Daughters of self-creation : the contemporary Chicana novel / Annie O. Eysturoy.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of New Mexico Press,

Copyright Date:

c1996

Description:

ix, 172 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.
Psychological fiction, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature.
Maturation (Psychology) in literature.
Mexican American women in literature
Mexican Americans in literature.
Bildungsroman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-165) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780826316752
0826316751

OCLC:

(OCoLC)32627352

LCCN:

95004419

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)