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Introduction to Amy Tan

Introduction to Amy Tan. Human Conflict. Dr. Peih-ying Lu Nov. 5, 2009. Amy Tan. Amy Tan 譚恩美 , was born in Oakland, California, on February 19, 1952. Her father was a Chinese-born Baptist minister; her mother was the daughter of an upper-class family in Shanghai, China. .

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Introduction to Amy Tan

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  1. Introduction to Amy Tan Human Conflict Dr. Peih-ying Lu Nov. 5, 2009

  2. Amy Tan • Amy Tan譚恩美, was born in Oakland, California, on February 19, 1952. Her father was a Chinese-born Baptist minister; her mother was the daughter of an upper-class family in Shanghai, China.

  3. Throughout much of her childhood, Tan struggled with her parent's desire to hold onto Chinese traditions and her own longings to become more Americanized (integrated with American ideals).

  4. Tan had defied her mother by abandoning the pre-med course her mother had urged to pursue the study of English and linguistics. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees in these fields at San Jose State University. • Her works are famous for exploring mother-daughter relationships.

  5. Amy Tan’s works • Tan’s most popular work The Joy Luck Club

  6. The harrowing early life of her mother, Daisy, inspired Amy Tan's novel The Kitchen God's Wife.

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