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Maxine Hong Kingston's Autobiography, The Woman Warrior

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Written in 1975, Maxine Hong Kingston's autobiography, The Woman Warrior:
Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, invites readers into the life of one Asian
American writer. In this autobiographical work, Kingston uses the stories of five unique individual women to illustrate how the effects of race, class and gender create boundaries to victimize women. No-Name Woman, Kingston's long forgotten aunt becomes a target for violence when the village turns on her for committing adultery. Moon Orchid,
Kingston's living aunt, tries to resume her marriage with her husband only to be rejected;
Brave Orchid, Kingston's mother, abandons her professional career as doctor in order to assist her husband in need of financial support. Similarly, Fa Mu Lan, the
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