Cities of Others. Xiaojing Zhou
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THE SCOTT AND LAURIE OKI SERIES IN ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES
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Cities of Others: Reimagining Urban Spaces in Asian American Literature by Xiaojing Zhou
Cities of Others
Reimagining Urban Spaces in Asian American Literature
XIAOJING ZHOU
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS
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This book is published with the assistance of a grant from the Scott and Laurie Oki Endowed Fund for publications in Asian American Studies.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zhou, Xiaojing, 1952–
Cities of Others : reimagining urban spaces in Asian American literature / Xiaojing Zhou.
pages cm. — (The Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-295-99402-4 (hard cover : acid-free paper) — ISBN 978-0-295-99403-1 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 1. American literature—Asian American authors—History and criticism. 2. Public spaces in literature. 3. Cities and towns in literature. 4. Asian Americans in literature. I. Title.
PS153.A84Z25 2015
810.9’895—dc23
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Excerpts from Chinatown Family reprinted with permission by Rutgers University Press.
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To my sisters and brother
CONTENTS
5 Contents
7 Introduction: Contested Urban Space
8 1. "The Woman about Town": Transgressing Raced and Gendered Boundaries in Sui Sin Far’s Writings
9 2. Claiming Right to the City: Lin Yutang’s Chinatown Family