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.