Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts (Turtleback)
Format: Turtleback
ISBN:
9780606043786 (0606043780)
Publish date: May 1st 1989
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 209
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Feminism,
Asian Literature,
China
In the world of memoirs, this one was a little difficult for me to rate. I was confused for a decent portion of it, not sure whether this was fiction or nonfiction at times. I had chosen it as part of the Read Harder Challenge for this year, task 17: read a classic by a woman of color. I suppose I c...
What drew me to this book was a description of the way the author weaves Chinese folklore into her own story; although I am not very familiar with Chinese mythology, I do appreciate writing that makes use of the universal truth of story, and that is precisely what this book does.Although the book is...
The Daily Poet is a marvelous set of prompts and ideas for writing -- one for each day of the year! What I love the most about reading these poetic prompts are the little bits of knowledge and insight that open creative doors for me. I learned little things -- little insightful fun things -- about S...
The Swordswoman of Words 'The Woman Warrior' is Maxine Hong Kingston's own story of growing up Chinese-American, an irreconcilable position for her as the two cultures would seemingly clash, unable to provide her with a stable sense of identity. She grew up confused by the ideas and behavior of he...
How could I not love a book titled The Woman Warrior? I read this for a women's literature class in college, probably around 1995. It's part memoir, part folklore -- weaving together stories from Kingston's family, from ancient China, and from her life into a larger narrative about what the lives of...
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