The female individual and the empire: A historicist approach to Mulan and Kingston's woman warrior

From: Comparative Literature | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

PERHAPS THE BEST-KNOWN Chinese literary figure outside of China, Mulan in several recent English reconfigurations has both inspired and bewildered the American imagination. Among them, Kingston's rewriting of the Mulan legend in the "White Tigers" chapter of The Woman Warrior is the most controversial.1 The debate it generated has left a deep impression on the study of Asian American literature and transnational cultural production.2 Yet critics on both sides of the debate typically de-historicize Kingston's Mulan narrative and so preclude a careful examination of the complex connections ...

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