Maxine Hong Kingston

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Since the publication of The Woman Warrior in 1976, Maxine Hong Kingston has gained a reputation as one of the most popular -- and controversial -- writers in the Asian American literary tradition. In this volume Grice traces Kingston's development as a writer and cultural activist through both ethnic and feminist discourses, investigating her novels, occasional writings and her two-book 'life-writing project'. The publication of The Woman Warrior not only propelled Kingston into the mainstream…

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Full title :Maxine Hong Kingston / Helena Grice.

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Publication Date:2006

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Manchester University Press
Place of Publication:Manchester
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 180 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781847791719, 1847791719, 9781781701003, 1781701008, 0719064023, 9780719064029, 9781847795632, 1847795633
oclc:ocn818847169
LC Classification:PS3561.I52
Dewey Decimal:813.54

9780719064029; 9780719064029; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series editor's foreword; Chronology; 1 Contexts and intertexts; 2 The Woman Warrior (1976); 3 China Men (1980); 4 Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book(1989); 5 Writing place -- the politics of locality:Hawai'i One Summer (1987/1998); 6 The Fifth Book of Peace (2003) and To Be the Poet (2002); 7 Critical overview; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.