Chiang Yee : the silent traveller from the East : a cultural biography
Title:
Chiang Yee : the silent traveller from the East : a cultural biography
Author:
Zheng, Da, 1953-
Danto, Arthur C.
ISBN:
9780813546933
Publication Information:
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 314 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Abstract:
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.
Subject Term:
Geographic Term:
Subject:
| Chinese American authors -- Biography. |
| Chinese American artists -- Biography. |
| Chinese -- United States -- Biography. |
| Chinese -- England -- Biography. |
| Asian diaspora. |
| Chinese in literature. |
| Exiles' writings, English -- History and criticism. |
| Travelers' writings, English -- History and criticism. |
| China -- In literature. |
| Chiang, Yee, 1903-1977. |
| 蔣彝 1903-1977. |
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.