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 ...
A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity.
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Here–for the first time in one volume–are two classic, brilliantly original works on the experience of Chinese immigrants in America. In both books Maxine Hong Kingston mines...
Growing up in a changing America, surrounded by Chinese myth and memory, this is her story of two cultures and one trenchant, lyrical journey into womanhood.
Sensitive account of growing up female and Chinese-American in a California laundry.
With an analysis of key works in the genre alongside an examination of the theme as a whole, this text provides readers with a unique collection of essays to study this theme in new ways.
Sensitive account of growing up female and Chinese-American in a California laundry.
This book provides readers with a collection of essays and in-depth discussions of Maxine Hong Kingston's novel, "The Woman Warrior".
Maxine Hong Kingston is the daughter of Chinese immigrants who operated a gambling house in the 1940s, when Maxine was born, and then a laundry where Kingston and her brothers and sisters toiled long hours.