Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.
Contents
Early Hispana/Mexicana writers: the Chicana literary tradition -- The Nuevomexicana writers -- From Coatlicue to La Llorona: literary myths and archetypes -- The curandera/bruja: resolving the archetypes -- Infinite divisions: constructing identities and dis-identities -- Constructing identities as writers -- Women singing in the snow: the problematics of writing -- The problematics of writing in Spanish -- Mujeres andariegas: good girls and bad.