Cultural curiosity [electronic resource] : thirteen stories about the search for Chinese roots
Khu, Josephine M.T.
Khu, Josephine M.T.Contributor
Berkeley, [Calif.] ; London : University of California Press,
c2001.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Chinese-- Foreign countries.
Ethnicity - China.
National characteristics, Chinese.
Chinese
Ethnicity
National characteristics, Chinese
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East
History & Archaeology
East Asia