Self-fulfilling Visions in The Woman Warrior and Thousand Pieces of Gold
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4940832 |
|---|---|
| Authors | King-Kok Cheung, Karen Cheung (0000-0002-4295-3825, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 143-153 |
| Publication date | 1990-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2010.0697 |
| OpenAlex | W2072829298 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Imaginative vision informs Kingston's autobiography and McCunn's biographical novel, transforming Chinese fantasy into American possibility. Kingston's protagonist learns to fight by seeking inspiration from a legendary woman warrior; McCunn's protagonist maintains her self-esteem by seeking reassurance from the Chinese metaphor for daughter. Although the actual status of daughters belies both the legendary and metaphorical projections, the heroines eventually develop identities which answer to their original fantasies
Aesthetics · Art · Biography · Chinese americans · Daughter · Ethnic group · Fantasy · Literature · Metaphor · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Vision · American and British Literature Analysis · Anthropology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |