Yellow Woman
Author | : Leslie Marmon Silko |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1993 |
ISBN-10 | : 0813520053 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780813520056 |
Rating | : 4/5 (056 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Yellow Woman by : Leslie Marmon Silko
Download or read book Yellow Woman written by Leslie Marmon Silko and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambiguous and unsettling, Silko's "Yellow Woman" explores one woman's desires and changes--her need to open herself to a richer sensuality. Walking away from her everyday identity as daughter, wife and mother, she takes possession of transgressive feelings and desires by recognizing them in the stories she has heard, by blurring the boundaries between herself and the Yellow Woman of myth.