Corinne H. Dale and J.H.E. PaineDeborah L. MadsenMarta Caminero-SantangeloNancy L. ChickLakshmi HolmstromVeronica C. WangM. Charlene BallDavid Goldstein-ShirleyElaine OrrKathy RugoffCorinne H. Dale

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Chapter 1 (Dis) Continuous Narrative: The Articulation of a Chicana Feminist Voice in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street	p. 3
Chapter 2 Beyond Otherness: Negotiated Identities and Viramontes' "The Cariboo Cafe"	p. 19
Chapter 3 Judith Ortiz Cofer's Silent Dancing: Making More Room for Puerto Rican Womanhood	p. 35
Chapter 4 Flight and Arrival: A Study of Padma Hejmadi's Short Story, "Weather Report"	p. 53
Chapter 5 Subversive Extravagance: Women in Hisaye Yamamoto's "Seventeen Syllables" and "The Legend of Miss Sasagawara"	p. 67
Chapter 6 Afrekete Rising: Two Coming-out Stories by African-American Lesbians: Pat Suncircle's "A Day's Growth" and Audre Lorde's "The Beginning"	p. 81
Chapter 7 Race/[Gender]: Toni Morrison's "Recitatif"	p. 97
Chapter 8 Playing in the Light: White Girls Dreaming in Eudora Welty's "Moon Lake"	p. 111
Chapter 9 Ruth's Journey into the Fields: Feminism in Ozick's "The Pagan Rabbi"	p. 129
Chapter 10 Reconstructing the Native-American Woman: Louise Erdrich's "Fleur"	p. 143
Contributors' Notes	p. 161
Index	p. 165