Researching Maxine Kingston
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2795 people with the Kingston surname? In that year Kingston was ranked number 1421 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Maxine means "Great Woman" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Maxine Kingston on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Maxine Kingston and the Kingston Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 4073 people with the Kingston surname in the UK? Kingston is now ranked number 1425 for popularity in the UK. |
Kingston Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Kingston surname in the USA? Kingston is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Maxine Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston
Maxine Hong Kingston ( born Maxine Ting Ting Hong; October 27, 1940) is an American novelist. She is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a BA in English in 1962. Kingston has written three novels and several works of non-fiction about the experiences of Chinese Americans.
Kingston has contributed to the feminist movement with such works as her memoir The Woman Warrior, which discusses gender and ethnicity and how these concepts affect the lives of women. She has received several awards for her contributions to Chinese American literature, including the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1981 for China Men.From 1980 to 1983 in National Book Awards history there were several nonfiction subcategories including General Nonfiction, with dual hardcover and paperback awards in most categories.
Kingston has received significant criticism for reinforcing racist stereotypes in her work and for fictionalizing traditional Chinese stories in order to appeal to Western perceptions of Chinese people. She has also garnered criticism from female Asian scholars for her "over-exaggeration of Asian American female oppression".
Source: Maxine Hong Kingston, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Kingston
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