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/kunstlerroman.
