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- Unbound Spirit: Letters of Flora Belle Jan
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
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This volume collects the letters written over a thirty-year period by a second generation Chinese American woman, Flora Belle Jan (1906–50). Born in California to immigrant parents and educated at Berkeley and the University of Chicago, Jan raised three children with her husband Charles Wang and worked as a journalist in both the United States and China. Written during the years 1918–48, these letters offer unique insight into the social and political situation of educated, middle-class, professional Chinese American women in the early twentieth century. Literate, candid, and charming, they convey the intellectual curiosity and perspicacity of a vivacious and ambitious woman while tracing her engagement with two different worlds.
Table of Contents
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- Frontmatter
- pp. 2-5
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Editorial Note
- pp. xv-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. xvii-xxv
- Part I California
- pp. 1-27
- 1. One’s True Friend
- pp. 3-8
- 2. Wild to Go
- pp. 9-16
- 3. All Chinatown Is Horrified
- pp. 17-34
- Part II Chicago
- pp. 35-61
- 4. A Plunge into Domesticity
- pp. 37-51
- 5. Life Gives Me a Heartache
- pp. 52-66
- 6. Paying for the Follies of My Youth
- pp. 67-102
- Part III China
- pp. 103-141
- 7. I Prefer American Shoes
- pp. 105-127
- 8. A Straw in the Wind
- pp. 128-173
- 9. Chasing Mirages
- pp. 174-219
- 10. I Have Been Loyal to China . . .
- pp. 220-246
- Appendix: Publications of Flora Belle Jan
- pp. 249-254
- back cover
- pp. 304-/
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252091568
Related ISBN(s)
9780252033803
MARC Record
OCLC
785781185
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2008