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The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts is a book written by Chinese American author Maxine Hong Kingston and published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1976. The book blends autobiography with old Chinese folktales. The Woman Warrior won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named one of TIME magazine's top nonfiction books of the ...
Lozen (c. 1840 – June 17, 1889) was a warrior and prophet of the Chihenne Chiricahua Apache.She was the sister of Victorio, a prominent chief.Born into the Chihenne band during the 1840s, Lozen was, according to legends, able to use her powers in battle to learn the movements of the enemy. [1]
Her book presents a picture of a United States still changing in its reciprocal influence with China. [3] At the same time, the title reflects a deliberate rejection of American racism against the Chinese : whereas the term " Chinaman " was a common slur (such as in John Chinaman ), the Chinese referred to themselves as the "China Men" of the ...
Carlos Castaneda (December 25, 1925 [nb 1] – April 27, 1998) was an American anthropologist and writer. Starting in 1968, Castaneda published a series of books that describe a training in shamanism that he received under the tutelage of a Yaqui "Man of Knowledge" named don Juan Matus.
she was once from japan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.7.221.146 17:18, 15 October 2007 (UTC) This book is not a novel Benastan 10:59, 20 March 2008 (UTC) Changed "However, her Chinese, or Asian audience has expressed some harsh criitique of her collection." to "some Asian readers."
Eulhwa was adapted from Kim Dong-ri's 1936 short story "Munyeodo" (무녀도 The Way of the Shaman) and was published by Munhaksasang in 1978. Through depicting the life of a woman whose fate turns her to the path of a Shaman, Eulhwa explores the struggles between traditional Korean mysticism and modern rationalism. [1]
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the third in a series of four books, The Song of the Lioness. [1] It details the knighthood of Alanna of Trebond as she lives in the Bazhir desert after becoming a knight.
The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen (ISBN 0-87910-327-2) is a non-fiction book documenting the evolution of the female action hero in cinema, television and pop-culture. [ 1 ] The Modern Amazons was written by Dominique Mainon and James Ursini and published by Hal Leonard/Limelight Editions in 2006.