Cultural Curiosity Thirteen Stories about the Search for Chinese Roots

Name: Cultural Curiosity Thirteen Stories about the Search for Chinese Roots
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ISBN: 9780520223417

ISBN-10: 0520223411

ISBN-13: 9780520223417

Edition: 2010

Authors: Josephine M. T. Khu

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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. The authors--whose diverse backgrounds in countries such as New Zealand, Denmark, Sri Lanka, England, Indonesia, and the United States mirror the complex global scope of the Chinese diaspora--describe in particular how their journey to the country of their ancestors transformed their sense of what it means to be Chinese. The collection as a whole provides…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 7/11/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.92" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Preface



Acknowledgments


Full Circle



Through A Window



Travels Afar



In Search of Lin Jia Zhuang



No Roots, Old Roots



My Father's Land



Ears Attuned to Two Cultures



Guilt Trip to China



In Search of My Ancestral Home



A Yellow American in China



One Family, Two Fates



In My Father's Shadow



Coming Home



Epilogue



Notes


Glossary


References