Kingston은 형제들과 함께 부모님이 운영하는 Stockton의 New Port 세탁소에서 부모의 일을 도왔다. 영어는 그녀의 제2언어였고, 제 1언어는 광둥어였다. 후일 The Woman Warrior 에서도 고백하는 것처럼 Kingston은 영어를 배우는데 상당히 애를 먹었고, 그래서 그녀는 어머니의 손에 이끌려 혀 수술을 받기까지 했다.
to construct our common-sense views of national belonging or identity?
그러나 현대 민족은 어떤 방식을 통해 상상되는 것일까? 어떤 재현 전략들이 우리의 상식적인 민족적 소속감이나 정체성을 만들어내는 데 사용될까?
What are the representations of, say, "England" which win the identifications and define the identities of "English" people?
The whole encampment, in a moment, become a scene ofthe most violent bustle and commotion. The warriors drew their knives, and flourishing them, they arranged themselves in two lines, forming a lane, that extended from the war-party tothe lodges. The squaws seized clubs, axes, or whatever weapon ofoffence first offered itself totheir hands, and rushed eagerly to act their part in the cruel ga
to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual. (844)
a State …… [should] treat the individual with respect as a neighbor; which even would not think it inconsistent with its own repose if a few were to live aloof from it, not meddling with it, nor embraced by it, who fulfilled all the duties of neighbors and fellow men.
to find the scattered houses ofthetown andthen walked down the railroad track tothe bridge over the river. ①The river was there. It swirled against the log spiles ofthe bridge. ②Nick looked down intothe clear, brown water, colored from the pebbly bottom, and watched the trout keeping themselves steady in the current with wavering fins. As he watched them they changed their positions by