The Woman Warrior

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The Woman Warrior is a groundbreaking memoir by Maxine Hong Kingston that blends autobiography and Chinese folklore to explore Chinese American female identity and the immigrant experience.

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instanceOf Asian American literature
Chinese American literature
autobiographical work
memoir
nonfiction book
author Maxine Hong Kingston
awardReceived National Book Critics Circle Award
National Book Critics Circle Award
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction
awardYear 1976
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed
describedAs groundbreaking work of Asian American literature
firstEditionFormat print
genre Asian American literature
Chinese American literature
autobiography
feminist literature
literary nonfiction
memoir
nonfiction
hasTheme clash of cultures
family expectations
identity formation
myth versus reality
racism and discrimination
silence and voice
includedIn university literature curricula
influenced autobiographical writing by women of color
contemporary Asian American literature
feminist literary criticism
language English
mainProtagonist Maxine Hong Kingston
surface form: Maxine (narrator based on Maxine Hong Kingston)
narrativeStyle first-person
narrativeTechnique blend of autobiography and myth
use of Chinese legends
notableCharacter Ballad of Mulan
surface form: Fa Mu Lan
originalPublisher Alfred A. Knopf
publicationYear 1976
setting China
United States of America
surface form: United States
structure collection of interlinked essays
subject Chinese American identity
Chinese folklore
assimilation
cultural conflict
female identity
gender roles
immigrant experience
mother–daughter relationships
storytelling

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