On Multimodal Criticism of The Kitchen God’s Wife

Abstract

Studying the covers of the three editions of The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan, a famous female Chinese American writer, the author finds Chinese cultural elements stood out in publishers’ earliest recommendations, but later were replaced by immigrant mother-daughter relationship, and then were overwhelmed by the concern for human beings. It is interesting that this change fits the changing focuses of Chinese American writers in the 21st century.