Bibliograph

Maxine Hong Kingston, The woman warrior ; China men ; Tripmaster monkey ; Hawai'i one summer ; other writings, Maxine Hong Kingston ; Viet Thanh Nguyen, editor

Type

Label

Maxine Hong Kingston, The woman warrior ; China men ; Tripmaster monkey ; Hawai'i one summer ; other writings, Maxine Hong Kingston ; Viet Thanh Nguyen, editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

mixed forms

Main title

Maxine Hong Kingston

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1319440822

Responsibility statement

Maxine Hong Kingston ; Viet Thanh Nguyen, editor

Series statement

Library of America, 355

Sub title

The woman warrior ; China men ; Tripmaster monkey ; Hawai'i one summer ; other writings

Summary

"Maxine Hong Kingston made a stunning entrance on the American literary scene with the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning The Woman Warrior (1976), her "memoirs of a childhood among ghosts." An account of growing up Chinese American in Stockton, California, the book is at once an audacious feat of imaginative storytelling and a path breaking work of feminist autobiography, drawing on the myths, folktales, and family stories her mother brought over from China to make sense of a transformed life in the United States. "The Woman Warrior changed American culture," writes Hua Hsu in The New Yorker. "For those who understood where Kingston was coming from, it was encouragement that they could tell stories, too. For those who didn't, The Woman Warrior became the definitive telling of the Asian immigrant experience, at a time when there weren't many to choose from." --, from the publisher

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Woman warriorChina menTripmaster monkeyHawaiʻi one summer

Classification