The High Note of the Barbarian Reed Pipe: Maxine Hong Kingston.

Chun, Gloria

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Publication Date: 1991

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The High Note of the Barbarian Reed Pipe: Maxine Hong Kingston.

Chun, Gloria

Journal of Ethnic Studies, v19 n3 p85-94 Fall 1991

Examining the text and context of production of "The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts" (M.H. Kingston, 1976) shows how U.S. reception and rendition of this text by a Chinese-American writer reflects the goals of mainstream literary production in labeling this fictive text an autobiography. (SLD)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Authors, Autobiographies, Books, Chinese Americans, Chinese Culture, Ethnicity, Fiction, Immigrants, Literary Genres, Nonfiction, Personal Narratives, Publishing Industry, Social Integration, Subcultures

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Language: English

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