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first-generation Chinese-American woman recounts growing up in America wi
thin a tradition-bound Chinese family\, and confronted with Chinese ghosts
from the past and non-Chinese ghosts of the present.A
first-generation Chinese-American woman recounts growing up in America wi
thin a tradition-bound Chinese family\, and confronted with Chinese ghosts
from the past and non-Chinese ghosts of the present.
In her award-winning book The Woman Warrior\, Maxine Hon g Kingston created an entirely new form&mdash\;an exhilarating blend of au tobiography and mythology\, of world and self\, of hot rage and cool analy sis. First published in 1976\, it has become a classic in its innovative p ortrayal of multiple and intersecting identities&mdash\;immigrant\, female \, Chinese\, American. \;
\nAs a g irl\, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which he r parents have immigrated and the China of her mother&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;tal k stories.&rdquo\; The fierce and wily women warriors of her mother&rsquo\ ;s tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of female oppression out o f which they come. Kingston&rsquo\;s sense of self emerges in the mystifyi ng gaps in these stories\, which she learns to fill with stories of her ow n. A warrior of words\, she forges fractured myths and memories into an in candescent whole\, achieving a new understanding of her family&rsquo\;s pa st and her own present.
\n204 pages (M ay 1976)
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