The Woman Warriors is an anthology of short stories intermixing Chinese folklore and memoirs. It shows Chinese cultural stories in several contexts and through the lenses of several narrators with widely divergent viewpoints. The Cultural Revolution is a prominent thematic context, framing most of the stories to greater or lesser degrees. The place of women in Chinese society is also addressed at length. The text is widely taught and very dense in its treatments of folklore and modern analysis thereof.
Kingston Maxine H The Woman Warrior Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts New York City Vintage Books 1975 Throughout the lives of the early immigrants from China to America there have been many hardships resulting from the transition to an American style culture The traditional Communist culture of their Chinese homeland is too difficult to shed and alter so that the American culture can be obtained In this case that forms an oppressive system of living for the Chinese Americans The story of Maxi