The Woman Warrior
Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
New York : Vintage International, 1989.
Format: Book
Edition: Vintage International edition.
Description: 209 pages ; 21 cm
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * 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. * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER
"A classic, for a reason." --Celeste Ng, bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts , via Twitter
As a girl, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which her parents have immigrated and the China of her mother's "talk stories." The fierce and wily women warriors of her mother's tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of female oppression out of which they come. Kingston's sense of self emerges in the mystifying gaps in these stories, which she learns to fill with stories of her own. A warrior of words, she forges fractured myths and memories into an incandescent whole, achieving a new understanding of her family's past and her own present.
"A classic, for a reason." --Celeste Ng, bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts , via Twitter
As a girl, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which her parents have immigrated and the China of her mother's "talk stories." The fierce and wily women warriors of her mother's tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of female oppression out of which they come. Kingston's sense of self emerges in the mystifying gaps in these stories, which she learns to fill with stories of her own. A warrior of words, she forges fractured myths and memories into an incandescent whole, achieving a new understanding of her family's past and her own present.
Subjects:
Kingston, Maxine Hong -- Childhood and youth.
Kingston, Maxine Hong -- Family.
Chinese Americans -- California -- Social life and customs.
Chinese Americans -- History.
Chinese Americans -- California -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
California -- Biography.
Kingston, Maxine Hong -- Childhood and youth.
Kingston, Maxine Hong -- Family.
Chinese Americans -- California -- Social life and customs.
Chinese Americans -- History.
Chinese Americans -- California -- Biography.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
California -- Biography.
Target Audience: 880L
ISBN:
0679721886
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BIOGRAPHY Kingston, Maxine | Sandhills Indoors | Biography | Transit Request |