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Chiang Yee : the silent traveller from the East : a cultural biography / Da Zheng ; foreword by Arthur C. Danto

Author
Zheng, Da, 1953-
Published
Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxvii, 314 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Foreword: Chiang Yee As I Knew Him; Acknowledgments; A Note on Romanization; 1. Chinese Childhood; 2. Revolutionary Era; 3. Civil Servant; 4. No Longer in Need of a Bench; 5. Another C.Y.; 6. "TheThing Has Come At Last"; 7. My Own World; 8. Oxford Years; 9. "My English Christmas"; 10. To America; 11. Americanized; 12. "Invisible Pains"; 13. Home; 14. Family and Love; 15. China Revisited; 16. Homeward Bound; Notes; Primary Sources; Writings by Chiang Yee; Index.
Summary
This is the true story of Chiang Yee, a renowned writer, artist, and worldwide traveler, best known for the Silent Traveller series̮stories of England, the United States, Ireland, France, Japan, and Australia̮all written in his humorous, delightfully refreshing, and enlightening literary style. This biography is more than a recounting of extraordinary accomplishments. Da Zheng uncovers Yee's encounters with racial exclusion and immigration laws, displacement, exile, and the pain and losses he endured hidden behind a popular public image.
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ISBN
9780813549279 (electronic bk.)
0813549272 (electronic bk.)
9780813546933 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0813546931 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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