Cultural Mis-readings by American Reviewers

Abstract

When reading most of the reviews and critical analyses of The Woman Warrior , I have two reactions: I want to pat those critics on their backs, and I also giggle helplessly, shaking my head. (Helpless giggles turn less frequently into sobs as one gets older.) The critics did give my book the National Book Critics Circle Award; and they reviewed it in most of the major magazines and newspapers, thus publicising it enough to sell. Furthermore, they rarely gave it an unfavourable review. I pat them on the back for recognising good writing — but, unfortunately, I suspect most of them of perceiving its quality in an unconscious sort of way; they praise the wrong things. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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