Books
Asian American Women Collection (2)
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- 388
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From the NWHA Archives and Library Collections
Asian American Women Collection (2)
Asian American Women of Hope by Bread and Roses Collective
This oversized Study Guide provides an overview of Asian American women, featuring biographies and full-page pictures of 15 Asian American women representing diverse Asian cultures. It also includes an immigration timeline and comprehensive essays about the various experiences of Asian American women.
Paper, 8.5" x 11", 45 pages, published 1998
Fifth Chinese Daughter by Jade Snow Wong (Author)
(Classics in Asian American Literature)
Jade Snow Wong’s autobiography portrays her coming-of-age in San Francisco's Chinatown, offering a rich depiction of her immigrant family and her strict upbringing, as well as her rebellion against family and societal expectations for a Chinese woman. Initially published in 1950, Fifth Chinese Daughter was one of the most widely read works by an Asian American author in the twentieth century. The US State Department even sent its charismatic young author on a four-month speaking tour throughout Asia.
Cited as an influence by prominent Chinese American writers such as Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston, Fifth Chinese Daughter is a foundational work in Asian American literature. It was written at a time when few portraits of Asian American life were available, and no similar works were as popular and broadly appealing.
Paperback – 288 pages. December 23, 2019
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