Unbound voices : a documentary history of Chinese women in San Francisco
- Responsibility
- Judy Yung.
- Imprint
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c1999.
- Physical description
- xv, 543 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
At the library
Green Library
Find it
Lane Reading Room: California history
Find it
Stacks
| Call number | Note | Status |
|---|---|---|
| F869 .S39 C597 1999 |
| Call number | Note | Status |
|---|---|---|
| F869 .S39 C597 1999 | CHECKEDOUT |
SAL3 (off-campus storage)
Stacks
Request (opens in new tab)
| Call number | Note | Status |
|---|---|---|
| F869 .S39 C597 1999 |
More options
Description
Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Yung, Judy.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Publisher's summary
-
This volume brings together the voices of Chinese American women in a collection of documents detailing half a century of their lives in America. It provides a mosaic of Chinese women's experiences in their own words, as they tell of making homes from the Gold Rush through World War II.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
- Publisher's summary
-
Unbound Voices brings together the voices of Chinese American women in a fascinating, intimate collection of documents--letters, essays, poems, autobiographies, speeches, testimonials, and oral histories--detailing half a century of their lives in America. Together, these sources provide a captivating mosaic of Chinese women's experiences in their own words, as they tell of making a home for themselves and their families in San Francisco from the Gold Rush years through World War II. The personal nature of these documents makes for compelling reading. We hear the voices of prostitutes and domestic slavegirls, immigrant wives of merchants, Christians and pagans, homemakers, and social activists alike. We read the stories of daughters who confronted cultural conflicts and racial discrimination; the myriad ways women coped with the Great Depression; and personal contributions to the causes of women's emancipation, Chinese nationalism, workers' rights, and World War II. The symphony of voices presented here lends immediacy and authenticity to our understanding of the Chinese American women's lives. This rich collection of women's stories also serves to demonstrate collective change over time as well as to highlight individual struggles for survival and advancement in both private and public spheres. An educational tool on researching and reclaiming women's history, Unbound Voices offers us a valuable lesson on how one group of women overcame the legacy of bound feet and bound lives in America. The selections are accompanied by photographs, with extensive introductions and annotation by Judy Yung, a noted authority on primary resources relating to the history of Chinese American women.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
Subjects
- Subjects
- Chinese American women > California > San Francisco > History > Sources.
- Chinese American women > California > San Francisco > Social conditions > Sources.
- Women immigrants > California > San Francisco > History > Sources.
- Chinese American women > California > San Francisco > Biography.
- San Francisco (Calif.) > Social conditions > Sources.
- San Francisco (Calif.) > Ethnic relations > Sources.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 1999
- Note
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 0520208706 (alk. paper)
- 0520218604 (alk. paper)
- 9780520208704 (alk. paper)
- 9780520218604 (alk. paper)
Browse related items
Start at call number:
