Insinuating Chinese American Consciousness in Kingston’s The Woman Warrior
Author : Dr. Basavana Gowda OG
Abstract :
Maxine Hong Kingston is a versatile writer of The United States of America. She writes with a new perception and with an eclectic consciousness. She integrates personal elements with Chinese myths and fictionalized history to demystify cultural conflicts confronting Americans of Chinese ancestry. On the other hand, Gloria Chun remarks on those potential changes in Kingston: “The change that occurs, as China and Chinese Americans are described, defined, and appropriated by Kingston, makes the birth of a new identity for Chinese Americans” (Chun 90).
The study probes into the changing trends of the contemporary immigrant literatures, and hence, Kingston belongs to this congregation of new immigrant writers. Further an attempt is made to insinuate Chinese American mindscape by rereading one of her first novels as a principal source. The study would also zero in on how Kingston chooses to bury the Chinese sensibility with the hope of resurrection, implying feminist identity by evoking monocultural imperatives. Accordingly, how she would desensitize ghosts of fear, secrets and emotional disturbances in polycultural situations. Presumably, the paper concludes that Kingston’s work serves as a model for minority discourse and is perceived as a generalised problem of race, ethnicity, and gender.
Keywords :
Chinese American Consciousness, Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior, Migrant Sensibility, Feminist Identity.
