An Analysis Of The Female Images In "Women Warriors" From The Perspective Of Spatial Criticism

Maxine Hong Kingston has always been concerned about Chinese Americans’ existence and their cultural identity. In her writing, Kingston employs diversified techniques to express her sympathy and her worries about their future. By narrating a Chinese American girl’s growth, The Woman Warrior:Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts not only wins high reputation for Kingston, but also receives more public concern for Chinese American literature. On basis of former studies and close reading, this thesis is an attempt to explore and analyze all the female images from the perspective of spatial criticism. In social spaces, females are sufferers because they have to bear feudal values in China and confront with the conflicts between Chinese culture and American culture. In individual spaces, female images are categorized into three kinds. Lack of the right to speak, some females become the silent individuals; deficient in female subjectivity, some become the insane individuals; to realize their identity, some fight against with the external oppression and turn into rebellious individuals.