The excluded wife
By: Yuen-Fong Woon.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Chinese -- Canada -- Fiction; Women immigrants -- Fiction; Married women -- Fiction; Canada -- Fiction; China -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: The Chinese Immigration (Exclusion) Act, passed by the Canadian government in 1923, stopped the families of Chinese labourers working in Canada from entering the country. Based on extensive interviews with Chinese women affected by the Exclusion Act, Yuen-Fong Woon has created a riveting account of their experiences told through the character of Sau-Ping.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-295).