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Subject: Monkey Digest V1 #903
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Monkey Digest        Monday, February 12 2001        Volume 01 : Number 903



In this issue:

 Re: [monkey] Laurence Yep books featuring Monkey

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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 14:34:42 EST
From: Yay4Doyle@aol.com
Subject: Re: [monkey] Laurence Yep books featuring Monkey

[if this has any html tags in it, it is entirely AOL's fault. I'll try to
use my asianwired.net address after this.]

I never really liked Yep's stories, mainly because they seemed dated. They
are. =) If any of the books seem a little sexist, then that's because it was
the attitude of the times, just like in old England. For non-sexist Chinese
folklore, read "The Yang Warriors." Yang Paifeng, a kitchen maid, managed to
defeat not only the head of the Song army, but the enemy's leaders as well.
=) Go to any children's section of a  library and you'll find many of Yep's
books. 

"Tripmaster Monkey" by Maxine Hong Kingston is a fabulous book. Not only
does it show the side of Chinese America that everyone else seems to ignore,
but Wittman Ah Sing is the modern reincarnation of Monkey. ^^; It's
well-written, and can relate to a lot of people. 

By the by, for the sir in New Zealand...I do hope they actually ask a few
Buddhists about Monkey! things. 

Fannio

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