"Mott Street follows Chinese American writer Ava Chin, who grew up estranged from her father, as she seeks the truth about her family history-and uncovers a legacy of exclusion and resilience that speaks to the American experience past and present. Chin's ancestors became lovers, classmates, sworn enemies, and, eventually, through her birth, kin-all while converging at a single Chinatown address"--
"Mott Street follows Chinese American writer Ava Chin, who grew up estranged from her father, as she seeks the truth about her family history-and uncovers a legacy of exclusion and resilience that speaks to the American experience past and present. Chin's ancestors became lovers, classmates, sworn enemies, and, eventually, through her birth, kin-all while converging at a single Chinatown address"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ava Chin is the author of Eating Wildly, winner of the Les Dames d’Escoffier International M.F.K. Fisher Book Prize. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times , The Village Voice, and Saveur. She is the recipient of grants and fellowships from the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center, the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York Institute for the Humanities, and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. She is a professor of creative nonfiction at the City University of New York.
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Part I 1970s-Present 1. The Elbow of Mott Street 2. The Crown Prince of Chinatown / Chin Family 3. Such Treasures / Wong-Ng-Doshim Family Part II 1880-1906 4. Dek Foon / Ng-Doshim Family 5. Dek Foon / Ng-Doshim Family 6. Chin On / Chin Family 7. Elva Lisk / Ng-Doshim Family 8. Dek Foon & Chin On / Ng-Doshim & Chin Families Part III 1906-1914 9. Shim & Chun / Ng-Doshim Family 10. Shim & Chun / Ng-Doshim Family 11. Yulan & Chin On / Chin Family 12. Angel Island / Chin Family Part IV 1915 - Present 13. Mothers of Mott Street / Ng-Doshim Family Apt. 31 & Chin Family Apt. 23 14. The Flu of 1918 / Ng-Doshim Family Apt. 31 & Chin Family Apt. 23 15. Paper Families / Wong Family, Ng-Doshim Family Apt. 31 & Chin Family Apts. 22 and 23 16. A Homecoming / Chin, Ng-Doshim & Wong Families Apts. 22 and 23 17. 37 Mott Street Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
Part I 1970s-Present 1. The Elbow of Mott Street 2. The Crown Prince of Chinatown / Chin Family 3. Such Treasures / Wong-Ng-Doshim Family Part II 1880-1906 4. Dek Foon / Ng-Doshim Family 5. Dek Foon / Ng-Doshim Family 6. Chin On / Chin Family 7. Elva Lisk / Ng-Doshim Family 8. Dek Foon & Chin On / Ng-Doshim & Chin Families Part III 1906-1914 9. Shim & Chun / Ng-Doshim Family 10. Shim & Chun / Ng-Doshim Family 11. Yulan & Chin On / Chin Family 12. Angel Island / Chin Family Part IV 1915 - Present 13. Mothers of Mott Street / Ng-Doshim Family Apt. 31 & Chin Family Apt. 23 14. The Flu of 1918 / Ng-Doshim Family Apt. 31 & Chin Family Apt. 23 15. Paper Families / Wong Family, Ng-Doshim Family Apt. 31 & Chin Family Apts. 22 and 23 16. A Homecoming / Chin, Ng-Doshim & Wong Families Apts. 22 and 23 17. 37 Mott Street Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
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