About this title: Maxine Hong Kingston writes about the bonds as well as the conflicts between women in Chinese-American culture--how the traditional Asian way of life is transformed in the new world for better and for worse. In the process, Kingston tells the story of her life, her coming of age, and her assimilation into American culture.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780394400679ISBN:0394400674
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 8th Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780394400679ISBN:0394400674
Description: Good in Good jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET WRAPPED IN MYLAR WITH PRICE CLIPPED. INTERIOR PAGES HAVE LIGHT FINGERING TO MARGINS WITH LIBRARY STAMPS MARKED OUT. read more
Description: Kingston, Maxine Hong., Vintage International, nd, c1976, 1st printing (of this edition), illus. soft cover, very slight edge wear o/w fine, 209 pp, Sm 8vo, 'Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts' read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1980
Description: Very Good. Borzoi Book, softcovers, in Very Good conditon, boxed set of two books, straight spines without creases, no stamps or writing in either book, slipcase has a little wear at the corners, books look nice, read more
Edition: Reprint Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf Inc, New York
Date Published: 1980
Description: Fine in Good ( Slip Case) jacket. Fiction. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inclosed in this boxed set are two of Maxine Hong Kinston's best works. The Woman Warrior and Chinamen are great, fantastical reads! These books are in fine condition and have not been read. The slip case is in good condition. There is fading along the edges and a little wear at the corners. The box is solid. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780330264006ISBN:0330264001
Description: Fair. Tear to bottom edge oc cover 1", some underlining, light tanning to pg edgesFirst Class shipping if available for faster service. read more
Description: Very Good. 0394400674 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
"I've finally finished Maxine Hong Kingston's Warrior Woman: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts. The "ghosts" refer to her Chinese mother's habit of calling everything that isn't explainable, i.e. not Chinese, a ghost. There are immigration ghosts, ghost ghosts, American ghosts, neighbor ghosts, ghosty ghosts, even the author is sometimes referred to as a ghost because she chatters on and on like ghosts in her new country.
I honestly must say that I'm not sure if I liked the book, but I really couldn't say why.....
The book is divided into five short stories.
"No Name Woman" is about Kingston's aunt who gave birth to an illegitimate child and then killed herself. On the evening of the baby's birth and the mother and child's death, the entire village storms through the house, destroying everything because the aunt "dared" to bear a baby out of wedlock. From the moment of her suicide, Kingston says that the aunt was basically erased, forbidden afterlife existence because of her crime. It is a very powerful story.
"White Tigers," I just don't remember.
"Shaman" is about Kingston's mother. Before coming to America, her mother was a powerful doctor. The only part I really remember is how she went one on one against a ghost in a school and won.
"At the Western Palace" deals with the arrival of Kingston's aunt from China, her culturation into America, her mother's fierceness in her sister's right to her husband's home (the husband's remarried an American), and the aunt's subsequent fall into madness.
"A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe" is a story that deals with Kingston's own feelings and confusion in regards to her Chinese/American identity.
i don't know. I kind of feel like I did after I read Jean Rhys' Wild Saragasso Sea. Is something wrong with me? Why am I having such a hard time identifying with important female authors? Is it their style? Is it their story? Throughout the book, my interest wavered -- HIGH! Ok. Low. Highish. Lowish. High. Higher. Ok then! Hmmm."
"Maxine Hong Kingston uses five short stories based on the experiences, both real and imagined, of five women, including herself, in Chinese society. She speaks with a voice that is full of innocence yet anger, and her words unravel with feminine strength and courage. These five stories demonstrate the power of women, despite the fact that Chinese society expects them only to become slaves and wives. In this way, Kingston stands up for Chinese females, and by finding her voice and breaking the silence, she rebels. Through her writing, her journey of vengeance, becomes the female avenger - the woman warrior."
"Authentic voice of a Chinese woman, daughter of immigrants in California. The whole arc of immigrant experience is explored in a series of vignettes,, loosely related; the collision of cultures, stories, traditions and realities revealed through coming of age experiences of the narrator. My very favorite part of the whole book was "At the Western Palace" where Brave Orchid brings her sister, "Moon Orchid" over to reclaim Moon's "husband". There's a profound point to that story being that sometimes, it's just not possible to "adjust" or "adapt" to a different culture."
By Heather,
Shek Pai Wan Resettlement Estate, 00, Hong Kong
"At the beginning of this book, I had a very difficult time reading it--mainly because the grammatical structure seemed off. Then it took me the longest time to figure out that the author was referring to white people when she said "ghost". I was lucky enough to recall that the Chinese word for white people means "white ghost", and suddenly the book made a whole lot more sense. I can't say that I really like this book; however, it is realistic and disturbing. I want to say that this book is unique in it's story telling, but it's the first piece of Chinese literature that I've read, and so I don't know how it compares. It definitely gave me insight into what Chinese women think and are expected to do. When it comes down to it, I don't suppose I really know what to think about this book."
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