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The woman warrior memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts Maxine Hong KingstonClick to edit Master subtitle style

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Maxine Hong Kingston

Born in Stockton, CA on October 27,1940. v Chinese-American author and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. v Graduated with a BA in English in 1962. v Contributed to the feminist movement with The Woman Warrior. v The Woman Warrior (1976), awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, and China Men (1980), awarded the National Book Award. v Influenced by Walt Whitman, Virginia Woolf, and William Carlos Williams, who were inspirational influences for her work, shaping her analysis of gender studies.v

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Talking-stories

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I- No Name Woman : Dishonor, Death. II- White Tigers: Woman Warrior, Vengeance, Love. III- Shaman: Womens Independence, Womens Value, Immigration. IV- At the Western Palace: Mental Disorder, Peer Pressure. V- A Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe: Bullying, Cultural Beliefs, Finding ones voice and place, Insanity.

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Maxine Hong Kingston Brave Orchid No Name Woman Moon Orchid The Silent Girl Fa Mu Lan Old couple Moon Orchids Husband

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themes

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The Role of Women in Society The Journey to find personal Identity Mental Disorders Family Acceptance Immigrant Experience/Cultural Clashes

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Symbols

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Ghosts The Warrior Birds Bound Feet Silence and Voice Talk-Story

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heritage & identity

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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

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The Ballad of mulan

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The End

Thank You!

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