Maxine Hong Kingston: The Ethnic Writer and the Burden of Dual Authenticity.

Woo, Deborah

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ERIC Number: EJ443910

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Maxine Hong Kingston: The Ethnic Writer and the Burden of Dual Authenticity.

Woo, Deborah

Amerasia Journal, v16 n1 p173-200 1990

Examines Chinese-American author M. H. Kingston's book "The Woman Warrior" and the controversy and literary response to it. Discusses the dilemma of the "ethnic" writer and other issues including the use of literary license and social documentation and tensions between historical and experiential authenticity. (JB)

Descriptors: Authors, Chinese Americans, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnicity, Females, Immigrants, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices, Minority Groups, Novels, Racial Relations, Sex Differences, Social Characteristics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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