The Woman Warrior
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The Woman Warrior is a groundbreaking memoir by Maxine Hong Kingston that blends autobiography and Chinese folklore to explore Chinese American female identity and the immigrant experience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Woman Warrior canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549417 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Woman Warrior Context triple: [Maxine Hong Kingston, notableWork, The Woman Warrior]
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A.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
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B.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies is an acclaimed short story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of Indian and Indian-American identity, displacement, and human relationships.
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C.
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon is a Pulitzer Prize–winning Broadway comedy about post–World War II American occupation in Okinawa, later adapted into a successful film and musical.
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D.
Sula
Sula is a 1973 novel by American author Toni Morrison that explores Black female friendship, community, and identity in a small Ohio town.
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E.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate is a celebrated Mexican novel by Laura Esquivel that blends romance, magical realism, and culinary tradition to explore love, family, and repression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Woman Warrior Target entity description: The Woman Warrior is a groundbreaking memoir by Maxine Hong Kingston that blends autobiography and Chinese folklore to explore Chinese American female identity and the immigrant experience.
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A.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
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B.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies is an acclaimed short story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of Indian and Indian-American identity, displacement, and human relationships.
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C.
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon is a Pulitzer Prize–winning Broadway comedy about post–World War II American occupation in Okinawa, later adapted into a successful film and musical.
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D.
Sula
Sula is a 1973 novel by American author Toni Morrison that explores Black female friendship, community, and identity in a small Ohio town.
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E.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate is a celebrated Mexican novel by Laura Esquivel that blends romance, magical realism, and culinary tradition to explore love, family, and repression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Asian American literature
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Chinese American literature ⓘ autobiographical work ⓘ memoir ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Maxine Hong Kingston ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Book Critics Circle Award
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National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
linked to:
National Book Critics Circle Award
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| awardYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedAs | groundbreaking work of Asian American literature ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
Asian American literature
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Chinese American literature ⓘ autobiography ⓘ feminist literature ⓘ literary nonfiction ⓘ memoir ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
clash of cultures
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family expectations ⓘ identity formation ⓘ myth versus reality ⓘ racism and discrimination ⓘ silence and voice ⓘ |
| includedIn | university literature curricula ⓘ |
| influenced |
autobiographical writing by women of color
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contemporary Asian American literature ⓘ feminist literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist |
Maxine (narrator based on Maxine Hong Kingston)
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linked to:
Maxine Hong Kingston
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| narrativeStyle | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
blend of autobiography and myth
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use of Chinese legends ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Fa Mu Lan
ⓘ
linked to:
Ballad of Mulan
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| originalPublisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| setting |
China
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| structure | collection of interlinked essays ⓘ |
| subject |
Chinese American identity
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Chinese folklore ⓘ assimilation ⓘ cultural conflict ⓘ female identity ⓘ gender roles ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ mother–daughter relationships ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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