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"A half caste" and other writings / Onoto Watanna ; edited by Linda Trinh Moser and Elizabeth Rooney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watanna, Onoto, 1875-1954.
- Series:
- Asian American Experience
- The Asian American experience
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asian Americans--Fiction.
- Asian Americans.
- Eurasians--Fiction.
- Eurasians.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2003.
- Summary:
- Born Winnifred Eaton to a British father and Chinese mother, Onoto Watanna was the first novelist of Chinese descent published in the United States.Eaton "became" Watanna to escape Americans' scorn of the Chinese and to capitalize on their fascination with all things Japanese. This volume includes nineteen of Watanna's shorter works, including.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: Short Fiction
- A Half Caste
- Two Converts
- Kirishima-san
- Margot
- Eyes that Saw Not
- A Contract
- The Loves of Sakura Jiro and the Three Headed Maid
- Miss Lily and Miss Chrysanthemum: the Love Story of Two Japanese Girls in Chicago
- The Wrench of Chance
- The Manoeuvres of O-yasu-san: the Little Joke on Mrs. Tom and Mr. Middleton
- A Neighbor's Garden, my Own and a Dream One
- Delia dissents: her diary records the end of a great endeavor
- Elspeth
- Part 2: Nonfiction
- The Half Caste
- The Japanese Drama and the Actor
- The marvelous miniature trees of Japan: these curious effects are only attained after generations of patient toil
- Every-day Life in Japan
- The Japanese in America
- Preface to Chinese-Japanese Cook Book.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. xxi-xxiii).
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-252-09280-5
- OCLC:
- 681188512
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