Defiance of Patriarchy in Amy Tan’s The Kitchen God’s Wife

Abstract

This thesis "Defiance of Patriarchy in Amy Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife" studies the novel from feminist perspective. The thesis also touches upon how both Japanese imperialism and Chinese patriarchy are inimical to the freedom and expression of the female protagonist and therefore female gender in general. The political expansionist policy of imperialism includes control and domination of another land, as the masculinist ideology of patriarchy also dominates the life and personality of female.