1. Woman, Native, Other Trinh Minh ha
Prepared by:
Dr. Kay Picart

2. Guide Question
How does Minh-ha view story-telling?

3. Multiple Choice: A. As a process that never begins and ends
B. Built on Sameness
C. Is Non-totalizable
D. Is like an “Empty” Gift
E. Can always be possessed
F. Is Inexhaustible within its Own Limits
G. All of the Above
H. A and C only
I. D-F Only
J. None of the options Named Fits Perfectly

4. Guide Question
What is the “triple bind” Minh-ha talks about?

5. Multiple Choice
A. Three conflicting Identities as a Writer of Color, A Woman Dancer and a A Woman of Color
B. Three conflicting Identities as a Thinker of Color, A Woman Artist and a Woman of Color
C. Three Conflicting Identities as a Writer of Color, A Woman Writer and a Woman of Color
D. Three Conflicting Identities as an Activitist of Color, A Feminist Writer and a Woman of Color

6. Discussion Questions
Why does Minh ha find that she is torn between these conflicting loyalties?
How does Minh ha view authorship?

7. Guide Question
What is the “guilt” Minh ha talks about?

8. Multiple Choice A. The guilt of indulging in “pure art for art’s sake”
B. The guilt of writing for herself alone
C.The guilt of disavowing her gender and race
D. The guilt of wanting a “room of her own”
E. The guilt of being privileged to write
F. A & B only
G. C & D only
H. D & E only

9. Guide Question
How does Minh ha view writing in relation to Sartre’s ideal of liberty?

10. Multiple Choice
A. She identifies with Sartre’s notions of an absolute choice of self and proud assertion of consciousness
B. She believes that it is in the name of My freedom that I stamp out others
C. She believes that “writing for the masses” requires “massification” of the other
D. A & B only
E. A & C only
F. B & C only
G. None of the above fits perfectly

11. Discussion Question
What does Minh ha think of the opposition between “art for art’s sake” and “political art”?

12. Discussion Questions
How does Minh ha view “correct/well behaved” writing versus writing that “steals”?
Do you agree with Minh ha’s characterization of these two types of writing?

13. Discussion Question
Why does Minh ha refer to (ideal) writing as an “infinite play of mirrors”?

14. Guide Question
What is the “Quiller-Couch Syndrome” or “Lady Painter” Syndrome as Margaret Atwood describes it?

15. Multiple Choice
A. States that “masculine writing” is “objective” and “feminine writing” is “subjective”
B. States that “masculine writing” is “universal” and “feminine writing” is “confessional,” and “personal”
C. States that “masculine writing” is “healthy/sane” while “feminine writing” verges on the “sick/neurotic”
D. States that “When she is ‘good,’ she’s a painter; when she’s ‘bad,’ she’s called a “lady painter.”
E. None of the above fits perfectly
F. All of the above

16. Guide Question:
What are the traits of “writing woman” according to Minh-ha?

17. Multiple Choice: A. The “Priest God Scheme”
B. “And I grow younger as I leave my me behind”
C. “Writing/being written by my body”
D. The body in theory as “fragmenting to decentralize rather than dividing to conquer”
E. A & B only
F. All of the above except A
G. All of the above except B & D
H. None of the above fits perfectly