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Fifth Chinese Daughter by Wong, Jade Snow
by Wong, Jade Snow | PB | Good
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Book Title
- Fifth Chinese Daughter
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780295968261
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Washington Press
ISBN-10
0295968265
ISBN-13
9780295968261
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94003
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
290 Pages
Publication Name
Fifth Chinese Daughter
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Subject
Literary, Ceramics, Pottery & Ceramics
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Art, Biography & Autobiography, Crafts & Hobbies
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
7.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
50-009740
Reviews
A sensitive and revealing story of a Chinese American girl's coming of age in America. It is unique.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
738.092
Table Of Content
Introduction to the 1989 Edition Author's Note to the Original Edition 1. The World Was New 2. The World Grows 3. Forgiveness from Heaven 4. Grandmother and Her World Back Home 5. Lucky to Be Born a Chinese 6. Uncle Kwok 7. Learning the Be a Chinese Housewife 8. The Taste of Independence 9. Saturday's Reward and Sunday's Holiday 10. "One Who or That Which Slips" 11. With Eyes on China 12. Cousin Kee 13. A Person as Well as a Female 14. Girl Meets Boy 15. A Measure of Freedom 16. Marriage Old and New Style 17. An Unexpected Offer--and a Decision 18. "Learning Can Never Be Poor or Exhausted" 19. Musicians On and Off Stage 20. She Finds Her Hands 21. A Summer of Excitements 22. Sending the Ships to War 23. "A Little Child Shall Lead Them" 24. Rediscovering Chinatown 25. The Sanctum of Harmonious Spring 26. Alas, She Was Born Too Tall 27. A Life Plan Is Cast 28. "The Work of One Day Is Gazed Upon for One Thousand Days"
Synopsis
Originally published in 1945 and now reissued with a new introduction by the author, Jade Snow Wong's story is one of struggle and achievements. These memoirs of the author's first twenty-four years are thoughtful, informative, and highly entertaining. They not only portray a young woman and her unique family in San Francisco's Chinatown, but they are rich in the details that light up a world within the world of America. The third-person singular style is rooted in Chinese literary form, reflecting cultural disregard for the individual, yet Jad Snow Wong's story also is typically American. We first meet Jade Snow Wong the child, narrowly confined by the family and factory life, bound to respect and obey her elders while shouldering responsibility for younger brothers and sisters - a solemn child well versed in the proper order of things, who knew that punishment was sure for any infraction of etiquette. Then the schoolgirl caught in confusion between the rigid teaching of her ancestors and the strange ways of her foreign classmates. After that the college student feeling her was toward personal identity in the face of parental indifference or outright opposition. And finally the artist whose early triumphs were doubled by the knowledge that she had at long last won recognition from her family.
LC Classification Number
NK4210.W55A2 1989
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