Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston
of gender to identity construction. Likewise, Maxine Hong Kingston focuses mainly on gender issues in The Woman Warrior. Both Tan and Kingston show how patriarchal norms impact identity and demonstrate different ways Asian women subvert or challenge those patriarchal norms. Tan is especially cognizant of the role that generational differences play, as the characters in The Joy Luck Club change their attitudes and outlooks to reflect corresponding shifts in American society. In addition to explicating gender roles and norms, both Tan and Kingston talk about how Asians are perceived through the eyes of non-Asians, and how those perceptions impact self-concept. Tan and Kingston differ in their… Continue Reading...
