Fifth Chinese Daughter
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Fifth Chinese Daughter

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 23 Dec |Learn more

Fifth Chinese Daughter

About this book

Jade Snow Wong's autobiography portrays her coming-of-age in San Francisco's Chinatown, offering a rich depiction of her immigrant family and her strict upbringing, as well as her rebellion against family and societal expectations for a Chinese woman. Originally published in 1950, Fifth Chinese Daughter was one of the most widely read works by an Asian American author in the twentieth century. The US State Department even sent its charismatic young author on a four-month speaking tour throughout Asia. Cited as an influence by prominent Chinese American writers such as Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston, Fifth Chinese Daughter is a foundational work in Asian American literature. It was written at a time when few portraits of Asian American life were available, and no similar works were as popular and broadly appealing. This new edition includes the original illustrations by Kathryn Uhl and features an introduction by Leslie Bow, who critically examines the changing reception and enduring legacy of the book and offers insight into Wong's life as an artist and an ambassador of Chinese American culture.

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Table of contents

  1. Fifth Chinese Daughter
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: Jade Snow Wong’s Giftshop and Travel Service by Leslie Bow
  6. Author’s Introduction to the 1989 Edition
  7. Author’s Note to the Original Edition
  8. 1. The World Was New
  9. 2. The World Grows
  10. 3. Forgiveness from Heaven
  11. 4. Grandmother and Her World Back Home
  12. 5. Lucky to Be Born a Chinese
  13. 6. Uncle Kwok
  14. 7. Learning to Be a Chinese Housewife
  15. 8. The Taste of Independence
  16. 9. Saturday’s Reward and Sunday’s Holiday
  17. 10. “One Who or That Which Slips”
  18. 11. With Eyes on China
  19. 12. Cousin Kee
  20. 13. A Person as Well as a Female
  21. 14. Girl Meets Boy
  22. 15. A Measure of Freedom
  23. 16. Marriage Old and New Style
  24. 17. An Unexpected Offer—and a Decision
  25. 18. “Learning Can Never Be Poor or Exhausted”
  26. 19. Musicians On and Off Stage
  27. 20. She Finds Her Hands
  28. 21. A Summer of Excitements
  29. 22. Sending the Ships to War
  30. 23. “A Little Child Shall Lead Them”
  31. 24. Rediscovering Chinatown
  32. 25. The Sanctum of Harmonious Spring
  33. 26. Alas, She Was Born Too Tall
  34. 27. A Life Plan Is Cast
  35. 28. “The Work of One Day Is Gazed Upon for One Thousand Days”
  36. About the Author