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Troubling American women : narratives of gender and nation in Hong Kong / Stacilee Ford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ford, Stacilee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--China--Hong Kong--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Women--China--Macau--Social conditions.
- Americans--China--Hong Kong--History.
- Americans.
- Americans--China--Macau--History.
- Women--Identity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book analyzes the cultural production (narratives) of selected American, Chinese American, and "Americanized" Chinese women who lived in Hong Kong and Macao during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It focuses on the diverse ways women envisioned and communicated their notions of national identity depending on individual circumstance and historical era.
- Contents:
- Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "American Girls" in Three Acts; 2. "I'm in the Middle of a War, I'm in the Middle of a Life!"; 3. "A Second Voice of America"; 4. Home for the Handover; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 988-220-763-4
- 988-8053-69-8
- OCLC:
- 763161260
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