Growing up Asian American : an anthology / edited and with an introduction by Maria Hong ; afterword by Stephen H. Sumida.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : William Morrow, c1993.Description: 416 p. 24 cmISBN:
  • 688112668
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS 508.A8 .G919 1993
Contents:
Pat and Pan / Sui Sin Far -- "From Gee Sook to Beatty" from Sweet Bamboo : Saga of a Chinese American Family / Louise Leung Larson -- "Frontier home" from Sushi and Sourdough / Tooru J. Kanazawa -- "Through anger and love" / Toshio Mori -- "And the soul shall dance" / Wakako Yamauchi -- "Fourth grade ukus (1952)" / Marie Hara -- "Toussaint" from China Boy / Gus Lee -- "Transformation" from Talking to High Monks in the Snow : An Asian American Odyssey / Lydia Minatoya -- From Cebu / Peter Bacho -- "The monkeyman" / Zia Jaffrey -- Tragic transition : the internment of Japanese Americans (1942-1945) -- From Farewell to Manzanar / Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston -- From In Search of Hiroshi / Gene Oishi -- From Quiet Odyssey : a Pioneer Korean Woman in America / Mary Paik Lee -- "Father cures a presidential fever" from Father and Glorious Descendant / Pardee Lowe -- "The taste of independence" from Fifth Chinese Daughter / Jade Snow Wong -- "Railroad standard time" / Frank Chin -- From the Joy Luck Club / Amy Tan -- From Turning Japanese : Memoirs of a Sansei / David Mura -- "What means switch" / Gish Jen -- From the floating world / Cynthia Kadohata --
Whatever happened to Harry? / Susan Ito -- "The parrot's beak / Kartar Dhillon -- "Seventeen syllables" / Hisaye Yamamoto --From clay Walls / Kim Ronyoung -- From The Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts / Maxine Hong Kingston -- From Homebase / Shawn Wong -- "Carnival queen" / Mavis Hara -- "Paint" / Darrell H. Y. Lum -- "Chang" / Sigrid Nunez -- "First Love" / R. A. Sasaki -- From The Journey / Indira Ganesan.
Summary: Hong has selected 32 classic stories and essays by some of America's most respected and loved authors--Cynthia Kadohata, Gus Lee, Amy Tan, Garret Hongo, Gish Jen, Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, and David Mura, to name just a few. These stories explore Asian American identity, language, generational differences, assimilation, and heritage. www.alibris.com
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-412)

Pat and Pan / Sui Sin Far -- "From Gee Sook to Beatty" from Sweet Bamboo : Saga of a Chinese American Family / Louise Leung Larson -- "Frontier home" from Sushi and Sourdough / Tooru J. Kanazawa -- "Through anger and love" / Toshio Mori -- "And the soul shall dance" / Wakako Yamauchi -- "Fourth grade ukus (1952)" / Marie Hara -- "Toussaint" from China Boy / Gus Lee -- "Transformation" from Talking to High Monks in the Snow : An Asian American Odyssey / Lydia Minatoya -- From Cebu / Peter Bacho -- "The monkeyman" / Zia Jaffrey -- Tragic transition : the internment of Japanese Americans (1942-1945) -- From Farewell to Manzanar / Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston -- From In Search of Hiroshi / Gene Oishi -- From Quiet Odyssey : a Pioneer Korean Woman in America / Mary Paik Lee -- "Father cures a presidential fever" from Father and Glorious Descendant / Pardee Lowe -- "The taste of independence" from Fifth Chinese Daughter / Jade Snow Wong -- "Railroad standard time" / Frank Chin -- From the Joy Luck Club / Amy Tan -- From Turning Japanese : Memoirs of a Sansei / David Mura -- "What means switch" / Gish Jen -- From the floating world / Cynthia Kadohata --

Whatever happened to Harry? / Susan Ito -- "The parrot's beak / Kartar Dhillon -- "Seventeen syllables" / Hisaye Yamamoto --From clay Walls / Kim Ronyoung -- From The Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts / Maxine Hong Kingston -- From Homebase / Shawn Wong -- "Carnival queen" / Mavis Hara -- "Paint" / Darrell H. Y. Lum -- "Chang" / Sigrid Nunez -- "First Love" / R. A. Sasaki -- From The Journey / Indira Ganesan.

Hong has selected 32 classic stories and essays by some of America's most respected and loved authors--Cynthia Kadohata, Gus Lee, Amy Tan, Garret Hongo, Gish Jen, Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, and David Mura, to name just a few. These stories explore Asian American identity, language, generational differences, assimilation, and heritage. www.alibris.com

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