LEADER 04244nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910817013303321 005 20240516132058.0 010 $a0-8135-4927-2 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813549279 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046636 035 $a(EBL)868534 035 $a(OCoLC)779828707 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000605793 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11433926 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000605793 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10574700 035 $a(PQKB)11420970 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC868534 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8040 035 $a(DE-B1597)529354 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813549279 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL868534 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10540545 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL929128 035 $a(OCoLC)1156894043 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046636 100 $a20090518d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChiang Yee $ethe silent traveller from the East : a cultural biography /$fDa Zheng ; foreword by Arthur C. Danto 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (359 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4693-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tFOREWORD. Chiang Yee As I Knew Him --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tA NOTE ON ROMANIZATION --$t1. Chinese Childhood --$t2. Revolutionary Era --$t3. Civil Servant --$t4. No Longer in Need of a Bench --$t5. ?Another C. Y.? --$t6. ?The Thing Has Come at Last? --$t7. ?My Own World? --$t8. Oxford Years --$t9. ?My English Christmas? --$t10. To America --$t11. Americanized --$t12. ?Invisible Pains? --$t13. Home --$t14. Family and Love --$t15. China Revisited --$t16. Homeward Bound --$tNotes --$tPrimary Sources --$tWritings by Chiang Yee --$tIndex 330 $aA young man arrives in England in the 1930's, knowing few words of the English language. Yet, two years later he writes a successful English book on Chinese art, and within the following decade publishes more than a dozen others. This is the true story of Chiang Yee, a renowned writer, artist, and worldwide traveler, best known for the Silent Traveller series--stories of England, the United States, Ireland, France, Japan, and Australia--all written in his humorous, delightfully refreshing, and enlightening literary style. This biography is more than a recounting of extraordinary accomplishments. It also embraces the transatlantic life experience of Yee who traveled from China to England and then on to the United States, where he taught at Columbia University, to his return to China in 1975, after a forty-two year absence. Interwoven is the history of the communist revolution in China; the battle to save England during World War II; the United States during the McCarthy red scare era; and, eventually, thawing Sino-American relations in the 1970's. Da Zheng uncovers Yee's encounters with racial exclusion and immigration laws, displacement, exile, and the pain and losses he endured hidden behind a popular public image. 606 $aChinese American authors$vBiography 606 $aChinese American artists$vBiography 606 $aChinese$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aChinese$zEngland$vBiography 606 $aAsian diaspora 606 $aChinese in literature 606 $aExiles' writings, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTravelers' writings, English$xHistory and criticism 607 $aChina$xIn literature 615 0$aChinese American authors 615 0$aChinese American artists 615 0$aChinese 615 0$aChinese 615 0$aAsian diaspora. 615 0$aChinese in literature. 615 0$aExiles' writings, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTravelers' writings, English$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a920.0092951073 700 $aZheng$b Da$f1953-$01646787 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817013303321 996 $aChiang Yee$93993966 997 $aUNINA