| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272). |
| Contents |
Full circle / Nancy Work -- Through a window / Graham Chan -- Travels afar / Maria Tham -- In search of Lin Jia Zhuang / Milan L. Lin-Rodrigo -- No roots, old roots / Graziella Hsu -- My father's land / Meilin Ching -- Ears attuned to two cultures / Henry Chan -- Guilt trip to China / Richard Chu -- In search of my ancestral home / Myra Sidharta -- A yellow American in China / Brad Wong -- One family, two fates / Carolyn Koo -- In my father's shadow / William Shang -- Coming home / Lily Wu. |
| Summary |
This is an anthology of autobiographical essays of the Chinese diaspora. Written by ethnic Chinese who were born or raised outside of China, these pieces, full of the details of everyday life, describe the experience of growing up as a visible minority and the subsequent journey each author made to China. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chinese -- Foreign countries.
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Chinese -- Foreign countries. |
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Ethnicity -- China.
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Ethnicity. |
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China. |
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National characteristics, Chinese.
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National characteristics, Chinese. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Khu, Josephine M. T., 1964-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cultural curiosity. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001 0520223403 (DLC) 00067224 (OCoLC)45446306 |
| ISBN |
9780520924918 (electronic book) |
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0520924916 (electronic book) |
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0585389357 (electronic book) |
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9780585389356 (electronic book) |
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9780520223400 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520223403 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520223417 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520223411 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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