Maxine Hong Kingston
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Maxine Hong Kingston (Chinese: 湯婷婷;[2] born Maxine Ting Ting Hong;[3] October 27, 1940) is an American novelist. She is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a BA in English in 1962.[4] Kingston has written three novels and several works of non-fiction about the experiences of Chinese Americans.
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Born | Maxine Ting Ting Hong[1] (1940-10-27) October 27, 1940 (age 83) Stockton, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) |
Notable works | The Woman Warrior, The Fifth Book of Peace, Tripmaster Monkey, China Men |
Notable awards | National Book Critics Circle Award National Book Award National Humanities Medal National Medal of Arts |
Spouse |
Earll Kingston (m. 1962) |
Children | 1 |
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Traditional Chinese | 湯亭亭 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 汤亭亭 | ||||||||||||||
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Kingston has contributed to the feminist movement with such works as her memoir The Woman Warrior, which discusses gender and ethnicity and how these concepts affect the lives of women. She has received several awards for her contributions to Chinese American literature, including the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1981 for China Men.[5][lower-alpha 1]
Kingston has received significant criticism for reinforcing racist stereotypes in her work and for fictionalizing traditional Chinese stories in order to appeal to Western perceptions of Chinese people.[6] She has also garnered criticism from female Asian scholars for her "'over-exaggeration' of Asian American female oppression".[7][8]