The living tree : Chinese American identity / by Flora Moon.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Moon, Flora, author.

Contributor:

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese Americans--Cultural assimilation.

Chinese Americans.

Chinese Americans--Ethnic identity.

Chinese Americans--Genealogy.

China--History.

China.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (27 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2006.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

Red China. Because of her family's efforts to avoid scrutiny during the Cold War era of the 1950s they tried hard to blend in with their surroundings and little mention was made at home of their Chinese past. Light -hearted letters which would pass the scrutiny of censors on both sides of the Bamboo Curtain were the only way family ties were maintained. It was not until Flora's Aunt Ping immigrated to America in the late eighties that Flora learned about her ancestors and the intertwining of Chinese history and family history. She also learned about the recent past, when her "capitalistic" family was subject to attack during the Cultural Revolution. The silence her parents had maintained about their past hardships and the loneliness experienced as immigrants was finally revealed. The thoroughly westernized Flora Moon once identified with ancient Rome, not ancient China. She had been labeled a "banana" -- yellow outside but white inside Now a new dimension--her Chinese roots-- has been revealed and absorbed . A charming film for use in multicultural studies.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

OCLC:

747798540

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.