Chinese American Voices

Author : Judy Yung
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520243099
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chinese American Voices written by Judy Yung and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a textured history of the Chinese in America since their arrival during the California Gold Rush, this work includes letters, speeches, testimonies, oral histories, personal memoirs, poems, essays, and folksongs. It provides an insight into immigration, work, family and social life, and the longstanding fight for equality and inclusion.

Author : Huping Ling
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813543428
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emerging Voices written by Huping Ling and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While a growing number of popular and scholarly works focus on Asian Americans, most are devoted to the experiences of larger groups such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and Indian Americans. This book presents discussion of underrepresented groups, including Burmese, Indonesian, Mong, Hmong, Nepalese, Romani, Tibetan, and Thai Americans.

Author : Judy Yung
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520922875
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unbound Voices written by Judy Yung and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unbound Voices brings together the voices of Chinese American women in a fascinating, intimate collection of documents—letters, essays, poems, autobiographies, speeches, testimonials, and oral histories—detailing half a century of their lives in America. Together, these sources provide a captivating mosaic of Chinese women's experiences in their own words, as they tell of making a home for themselves and their families in San Francisco from the Gold Rush years through World War II. The personal nature of these documents makes for compelling reading. We hear the voices of prostitutes and domestic slavegirls, immigrant wives of merchants, Christians and pagans, homemakers, and social activists alike. We read the stories of daughters who confronted cultural conflicts and racial discrimination; the myriad ways women coped with the Great Depression; and personal contributions to the causes of women's emancipation, Chinese nationalism, workers' rights, and World War II. The symphony of voices presented here lends immediacy and authenticity to our understanding of the Chinese American women's lives. This rich collection of women's stories also serves to demonstrate collective change over time as well as to highlight individual struggles for survival and advancement in both private and public spheres. An educational tool on researching and reclaiming women's history, Unbound Voices offers us a valuable lesson on how one group of women overcame the legacy of bound feet and bound lives in America. The selections are accompanied by photographs, with extensive introductions and annotation by Judy Yung, a noted authority on primary resources relating to the history of Chinese American women.

Author : Judy Yung
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520922877
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unbound Voices written by Judy Yung and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unbound Voices brings together the voices of Chinese American women in a fascinating, intimate collection of documents—letters, essays, poems, autobiographies, speeches, testimonials, and oral histories—detailing half a century of their lives in America. Together, these sources provide a captivating mosaic of Chinese women's experiences in their own words, as they tell of making a home for themselves and their families in San Francisco from the Gold Rush years through World War II. The personal nature of these documents makes for compelling reading. We hear the voices of prostitutes and domestic slavegirls, immigrant wives of merchants, Christians and pagans, homemakers, and social activists alike. We read the stories of daughters who confronted cultural conflicts and racial discrimination; the myriad ways women coped with the Great Depression; and personal contributions to the causes of women's emancipation, Chinese nationalism, workers' rights, and World War II. The symphony of voices presented here lends immediacy and authenticity to our understanding of the Chinese American women's lives. This rich collection of women's stories also serves to demonstrate collective change over time as well as to highlight individual struggles for survival and advancement in both private and public spheres. An educational tool on researching and reclaiming women's history, Unbound Voices offers us a valuable lesson on how one group of women overcame the legacy of bound feet and bound lives in America. The selections are accompanied by photographs, with extensive introductions and annotation by Judy Yung, a noted authority on primary resources relating to the history of Chinese American women.

Author : Laurence Yep
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780606084604
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Dragons written by Laurence Yep and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dragon, a symbol of Asian art and mythology, appears in many guises and is always adaptable -- a survivor par excellence. Asian Americans display this same supple strength as they move between their Asian culture and their American one. In American Dragons, Laurence Yep brings together twenty-five talented writers, each with a different story about the Asian American experience: - A Chinese American girl struggles to find her place in a suburban high school without denying her true intelligence. - A young woman is torn when her romantic feelings clash with the expectations of her Vietnamese parents. - A twenty-first-century teenager and his aging grandfather learn that it is possible to live in the future without losing touch with the past.

Author : Laurence Yep
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780780470644
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Dragons written by Laurence Yep and published by . This book was released on 1993-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arar Han
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472068741
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asian American X written by Arar Han and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2004-08-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original writings address the struggles of young Asian Americans to define their identities while growing up in the United States

Author : Victoria Chang
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252071744
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asian American Poetry written by Victoria Chang and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern poetry anthology that includes the work of a second generation of Asian American poets who are taking the best of the prior generation, but also breaking conventional patterns.

Author : Arar Han
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472026046
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asian American X written by Arar Han and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This diverse collection, like Asian America itself, adds up to something far more vibrant than the sum of its voices." -Eric Liu, author of The Accidental Asian "There's fury, dignity, and self-awareness in these essays. I found the voices to be energetic and the ideas exciting." -Diana Son, playwright (Stop Kiss) and co-producer (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) This refreshing and timely collection of coming-of-age essays, edited and written by young Asian Americans, powerfully captures the joys and struggles of their evolving identities as one of the fastest-growing groups in the nation and poignantly depicts the many oft-conflicting ties they feel to both American and Asian cultures. The essays also highlight the vast cultural diversity within the category of Asian American, yet ultimately reveal how these young people are truly American in their ideals and dreams. Asian American X is more than a book on identity; it is required reading both for young Asian Americans who seek to understand themselves and their social group, and for all who are interested in keeping abreast of the changing American social terrain.

Author : Jean Lau Chin
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807745519
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning from My Mother's Voice written by Jean Lau Chin and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling saga of mothers and daughters, survival and striving, women, family, and culture that will resonate with all Americans who have immigrant roots. This fascinating book takes a new and different look at the immigrant experience of Asian Americans. Through the voice of her Chinese mother, the author examines perennial themes of separation, loss, guilt, and bicultural identity in the lives of immigrant families. Grounded in a historical context that spans events of more than a century, World War II, McCarthyism, Civil Rights, the Women's movement, this volume: Uses oral history to show how families rely upon myth and legend as they adjust to a new culture. Illustrates how strong cultural and intergenerational bonds can both support and oppress Chinese American families; Uses Asian mythology and symbols to understand the psyche of Chinese Americans and their immigration experience, illustrating the contrasting world views of Asian and Western culture. Provides strategies for coping with the immigration experience for use by counselors and other professionals.