Warrior Lessons

An Asian American Woman's Journey Into Power

Author: Phoebe Eng
ISBN: 9780671009571

Call it either a curse or a blessing. I was born in the Chinese year of the Tiger -- a year, it is said, that yields girls who grow up to be trouble. Welcome to the world of the modern Asian American woman, where the willingness to cause "trouble" -- to stir the waters, think deeply, and go against what is expected -- is the first of many steps to self-discovery and power. Now, Phoebe Eng shatters stereotypes and offers a bold new vision for American-raised daughters like herself. Social activist, lawyer, and spearheading former publisher of A. Magazine for Asian Americans, Eng begins her journey with stories of her own life as a second-generation eldest daughter, caught between cultures, codes of behavior, and colliding worlds -- yet inspired by the book that gave her a voice as a young girl, Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior. With the weight of her parents' expectations and familial pressures, Eng faced dilemmas such as duty vs. freedom, heredity vs. independence, her parents'

Publisher: Pocket Books
Publish Date: 1999

Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Asian-American/Asian)