Maxine Hong Kingston s The Woman Warrior

• Author : Sau-ling Cynthia Wong
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release : 25 March 1999

With the continued expansion of the literary canon, multicultural works of modern literary fiction and autobiography have assumed an increasing importance for students and scholars of American literature. This exciting new series assembles key documents and criticism concerning these works that have so recently become central components of the American literature curriculum. Each casebook will reprint documents relating to the work's historical context and reception, present the best in critical essays, and when possible, feature an interview of the author.

• Author : Maxine Hong Kingston
• Publisher : Pan Macmillan
• Release : 15 December 2014

With an introduction by Xiaolu Guo A classic memoir set during the Chinese revolution of the 1940s and inspired by folklore, providing a unique insight into the life of an immigrant in America. When we Chinese girls listened to the adults talking-story, we learned that we failed if we grew up to be but wives or slaves. We could be heroines, swordswomen. Throughout her childhood, Maxine Hong Kingston listened to her mother's mesmerizing tales of a China where girls are

• Author : Soon-Leng Chua
• Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Release : 15 March 2004

This is a powerful study of what it is like to grow up Chinese in America. The dichotomy of values and the cleaving of a life in two cultures, which must yet be lived in one united whole, make this both compelling and informative.

• Author : Maxine Hong Kingston
• Publisher : Vintage
• Release : 01 September 2010

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With this book, the acclaimed author created an entirely new form—an exhilarating blend of autobiography and mythology, of world and self, of hot rage and cool analysis. First published in 1976, it has become a classic in its innovative portrayal of multiple and intersecting identities—immigrant, female, Chinese, American. “A classic, for a reason” – Celeste Ng via Twitter As a girl, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which her

• Author : Susan Shifrin
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 02 March 2017

Exploring the ways in which women have formed and defined expressions of culture in a range of geographical, political, and historical settings, this collection of essays examines women's figurative and literal roles as "sites" of culture from the 16th century to the present day. The diversity of chronological, geographical and cultural subjects investigated by the contributors-from the 16th century to the 20th, from Renaissance Italy to Puritan Boston to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to post-war Japan, from parliamentary politics to the

• Author : Christy Rishoi
• Publisher : SUNY Press
• Release : 27 March 2003

Examines the crucial role that coming-of-age narratives have played in American feminism.

• Author : Leigh Gilmore
• Publisher : Cornell University Press
• Release : 25 March 1994

In the first comprehensive feminist critique of autobiography as a genre, Leigh Gilmore incorporates writings that have not up to now been considered part of the autobiographical tradition. Offering subtle and perceptive readings of a wide variety of texts-- from the confessions of medieval mystics to contemporary works by Chicana and lesbian writers-- she identifies an innovative practice of "autobiographics" which covers the entire spectrum of women's self-representation.

• Author : Richard J. Lane,Jay Wurts
• Publisher : Element Books, Limited
• Release : 25 March 1998

The authors present the many Warrior Women figures seen throughout history & literature, & a system for determining your Warrior Woman personality.

• Author : Sandra Kumamoto Stanley
• Publisher : University of Illinois Press
• Release : 25 March 1998

Where are the women writers of color? Where are their theoretical voices? The fifteen contributors to Other Sisterhoods examine how women writers of color have contributed to the discourse of literary and cultural theory. They focus on the impact of key issues, such as social construction and identity politics, on the works of women writers of color, as well as how these women deal with differences relating to gender, class, race/ethnicity, and sexuality. The book also explores the ways

• Author : Silke Andris,Ursula K. Frederick
• Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Release : 23 January 2009

Women Willing to Fight is a collection of essays that explores the presence of the fighting woman in contemporary Hollywood cinema. Drawn from a variety of genres, the authors examine the changing role, image and position of this figure in film over recent decades. The increasing dominance of this character and her repositioning as a protagonist reinvigorates discussion concerning the dynamics of film narrative and spectacle. Each contribution takes as its focus a central character from the Hollywood blockbuster era,

• Author : Daniel D. Challener
• Publisher : Taylor & Francis
• Release : 25 March 1997

In order to study resilience in children, the author examines five autobiographical narratives which deal extensively with childhood difficulties: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Woman Warrior, Hunger of Memory, Brothers and Keepers, and This Boy's Life. In analyzing these stories, he draws on topics such as urban school reform, birth order, bilingual education, the importance of family and community, child development, gender stereotyping, and discrimination based on race, ethnicity, and sexual identity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News,

• Author : Thomas J. Ferraro
• Publisher : University of Chicago Press
• Release : 15 April 1993

Farraro (English, Duke U.) defends immigration narratives from their reputation of having stereotyped characters and plots. He argues that they are manifestations of a rebirth paradigm and draw on all the literary tools employed by other genres. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

• Author : Louise Edwards
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release : 07 April 2016

Explores China's most famous women warriors and wartime spies, shedding new light on the relationship between gender and militarisation.

• Author : Pat Browne,Ray B. Browne
• Publisher : Popular Press
• Release : 25 March 1987

From life and literature come the heroines of this volume. The essays demonstrate that women can fit the role of hero as defined by Joseph Campbell: “A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder, fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won, the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.” Contributors to this volume cover a wide range of

• Author : Julia H Lee
• Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
• Release : 28 February 2018

Maxine Hong Kingston is known for using a distinctive blend of autobiography, fantasy, and folklore to explore the history, experience, and identity of Chinese Americans. This is exemplified in her first book, The Woman Warrior, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction, a bestseller, and a staple on college and university syllabi. Although The Woman Warrior is by far her most celebrated book, Kingston has penned a wide range of essays, fiction, and poetry, including China Men,