Cultural curiosity : thirteen stories about the search for Chinese roots / edited by Josephine M.T. Khu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Khu, Josephine M. T., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese--Foreign countries.

Chinese.

Ethnicity--China.

Ethnicity.

National characteristics, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This anthology of autobiographical essays reveals the human side of the Chinese diaspora. Written by ethnic Chinese who were born or raised outside of China, these moving pieces, full of the poignant details of everyday life, describe the experience of growing up as a visible minority and the subsequent journey each author made to China.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Full Circle; Through a Window; Travels Afar; In Search of Lin Jia Shuang; Not Roots, Old Boots; My Fathers Lan; Ears Attunded to Two Cultures; Guilt Trip to China; In Search of My Ancestral Home; A Yellow American in China; One Family, Two Fates; In My Fathers Shadow; Coming Home; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.267-272).

ISBN:

0-520-92491-6

1-59734-560-1

OCLC:

475927607