Title: The female Bildungsroman by Toni Morrison and Maxine Hong Kingston
First published: 1998
Description: This study traces the textual construction of identity in the female Bildungsroman of Toni Morrison and Maxine Hong Kingston. Deploying the "politics of rememory" in their textual representation of female development, Morrison and Kingston unearth the multiple layers of repressed memories, including personal stories, specific cultural history, and racial experiences of African- and Asian-American women.

This book analyzes the working through of repressed memories in Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Sula, and Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior and China Men. The gap between Bildung and anti-Bildung in these texts highlights the multiple oppression faced by women of color and interrogates the established standards and value system of the hegemonic culture.
Subjects: American Psychological fiction, American fiction, Bildungsromans, Criticism and interpretation, Ethnic groups in literature, History, History and criticism, Maturation (Psychology) in literature, Minority authors, Postmodernism (Literature), Psychological fiction, American, Women and literature, Women authors, American fiction, history and criticism, American fiction, women authors, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Morrison, toni, 1931-2019, Kingston, maxine hong, 1940-
Places: United States
People: Maxine Hong Kingston (1940-), Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS3563.O8749 Z62 1998