THE WOMAN WOMAN WARRIOR MEMOIRS OF A GIRLHOOD AMONG GHOSTS
Maxine Hong Kingston
MAXINE HONG KINGSTON
Born in Stockton, CA on October 27,1940.
Chinese-American author and Professor Emeritus at the
University of California, Berkeley.
Graduated with a BA in English in 1962.
Contributed to the feminist movement with
The Woman Warrior (1976),
The Woman Warrior .
awarded the National Book Critics
Circle Award for Nonfiction, and
China Men (1980),
awarded
the National Book Award.
Influenced by Walt Whitman, Virginia Woolf , and William
Carlos Williams, who were inspirational influences for her work, shaping her analysis of gender studies.
TALKING-STORIES
I- No Name Woman : Dishonor, Death.
II- White Tigers: Woman Warrior, Vengeance, Love.
III- Shaman: Women’s Independence, Women’s Value, Immigration. IV- At the Western Palace: Mental Disorder, Peer Pressure.
V- A
Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe: Bullying, Cultural Beliefs, Finding one’s voice and place, Insanity.
CHARACTERS
Maxine Hong Kingston
Brave Orchid
No Name Woman
Moon Orchid
The
Silent Girl
Fa Mu Lan
Old couple
Moon Orchid’s Husband
THEMES
The
Role of Women in Society
The
Journey to find personal Identity
Mental Disorders
Family Acceptance
Immigrant Experience/Cultural Clashes
SYMBOLS
Ghosts
The
Warrior
Birds
Bound Feet
Silence and Voice
Talk-Story
HERITAGE & IDENTITY
“ Chinese -Americans, when you try to
understand what things in you are Chinese, how do you separate what is peculiar to childhood, to poverty, insanities, one family, your mother who marked your growing with stories, from what is Chinese? What is Chinese tradition and what is the movies?” ( The Woman Warrior 5,6)
THE BALLAD OF MULAN
THE END
Thank You!
“A book holds a house of gold” Chinese Proverb
