Cultural curiosity [[electronic resource] ] : thirteen stories about the search for Chinese roots
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| Autore: |
Khu Josephine M.T
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| Titolo: |
Cultural curiosity [[electronic resource] ] : thirteen stories about the search for Chinese roots
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, [Calif.] ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.895/1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Chinese-- Foreign countries |
| Ethnicity - China | |
| National characteristics, Chinese | |
| Chinese - Foreign countries | |
| Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East | |
| History & Archaeology | |
| East Asia | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | KhuJosephine M.T |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Full Circle; Through a Window; Travels Afar; In Search of Lin Jia Shuang; Not Roots, Old Boots; My Fathers Lan; Ears Attunded to Two Cultures; Guilt Trip to China; In Search of My Ancestral Home; A Yellow American in China; One Family, Two Fates; In My Fathers Shadow; Coming Home; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; References |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cultural curiosity |
| ISBN: | 0-520-92491-6 |
| 1-59734-560-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828684303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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