Leaving deep water
Subtitle: Asian American women at the crossroads of two cultures
By: Claire S. Chow.
Publisher: Plume
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Asian American women -- Interviews; Asian American women -- Social conditions
Notes: Originally published: New York : Dutton, c1998.
Table of contents: title: Growing up Asian, growing up American; title: Coming of age; title: One of those 4.0 piano-playing Asians; title: Between mothers and daughters : love and guilt; title: Fathers and daughters : love, power, and control; title: Choosing a partner; title: Marriage and divorce : coming together, coming apart; title: How we were raised, how we are raising our children; title: On the job; title: Blending in or standing out : stories of racism and discrimination; title: Ethnicity and identity : what it means to be Asian American; title: Ethnicity and identity : creating a sense of self; title: Naming names; title: A sense of belonging : a place to call home; title: Becoming my own person : a woman in her own right; title: Grief and its aftermath; title: Immigration stories; title: Growing older : looking ahead, looking back.