Of Orphans and Warriors: Inventing Chinese-American Culture and Identity
Editorial Reviews
Ronald Takaki, professor of ethnic studies, University of California, Berkeley
"In this history of the children of strangers from a different shore, Gloria Chun offers a felicitously written gift of scholarship-sensitive study of what it means to be an American of Chinese ancestry."
Evelyn Hu-DeHart, department of ethnic studies, University of Colorado at Boulder
"By deconstructing Fu Manchu, Charlie Chan, and other lesser known constructions of orientalized Chinese, and juxtaposing these noxious stereotypes alongside the experiences and voices of a diverse group of authentic Chinese 'nisei', Chun informs her audience of what it means to be Chinese American, then Asian American and beyond. Using a mix of material from history, literature, and popular culture, she produces an impact that is at once painful and exhilarating, bitter and sweet."
Of Orphans and Warriors: Inventing Chinese-American Culture and Identity
Of Orphans and Warriors: Inventing Chinese-American Culture and Identity,Gloria H. Chun,Rutgers University Press,0813527090,California,Chinese Americans,Cultural assimilation,Ethnic Studies - General,Ethnic identity,History,Minority Studies - Ethnic American,Multicultural Nonfiction,Social Science,Sociology
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