Ambivalent identity as abject in Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior and China Men Identitas yang ambivalen sebagai abjek dalam “The Woman Warrior” dan “China Men” karya Maxine Hong Kingston

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Stasya Yovela
Aquarini Priyatna
Tisna Prabasmoro

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The Woman Warrior and China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston portray abject identity. Kingston’s Chinese American family in the novels seek to establish a superior identity over both the Americans, other Chinese people, and even their children who were born in America. This is apparent from the way the family views the white Americans and other Chinese people as ghosts and peasants respectively, hence displaying an ambivalence in regard to identity. By using the framework of feminist narratology and theories of abjection, mimicry, and identity, this article shows how identity as abject is realized through mimicry and displacement in the two novels. This article argues that Kingston’s Chinese American family disrespects while also reinforces the borders of identity. Because of their partial representation of identity, they are permanently displaced. Moreover, while they abject other identities to establish themselves, their own ambivalence makes them the abject that possesses a flexible identity.

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Yovela, S., Priyatna, A., & Prabasmoro, T. (2024). Ambivalent identity as abject in Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior and China Men. Diglosia: Jurnal Kajian Bahasa, Sastra, Dan Pengajarannya, 7(3), 373-384. https://doi.org/10.30872/diglosia.v7i3.971
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Stasya Yovela, Universitas Padjadjaran

Universitas Padjadjaran
Jalan Raya Bandung - Sumedang KM. 21, Jatinangor, Indonesia
Email: stasya19001@mail.unpad.ac.id
Orcid iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8328-107X

Aquarini Priyatna, Universitas Padjadjaran

Universitas Padjadjaran
Jalan Raya Bandung - Sumedang KM. 21, Jatinangor, Indonesia
Email: aquarini@unpad.ac.id
Orcid iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3009-1471

Tisna Prabasmoro, Universitas Padjadjaran

Universitas Padjadjaran
Jalan Raya Bandung - Sumedang KM. 21, Jatinangor, Indonesia
Email: tisna.prabasmoro@ unpad.ac.id
Orcid iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4077-3142

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