American Chinatown

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Bonnie TsuiThough author Bonnie Tsui grew up in Long Island, her family visited Manhattan's Chinatown to "be Chinese."

出版者:Free Press
作者:Bonnie Tsui
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頁數:272
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出版時間:2009-8
價格:$ 25.00
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isbn號碼:9781416557234
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CHINATOWN, U.S.A.: a state of mind, a world within a world, a neighborhood that exists in more cities than you might imagine. Every day, Americans find "something different" in Chinatown's narrow lanes and overflowing markets, tasting exotic delicacies from a world apart or bartering for a trinket on the street -- all without ever leaving the country. It's a place that's foreign yet familiar, by now quite well known on the Western cultural radar, but splitting the difference still gives many visitors to Chinatown the sense, above all, that things are not what they seem -- something everyone in popular culture, from Charlie Chan to Jack Nicholson, has been telling us for decades. And it's true that few visitors realize just how much goes on beneath the surface of this vibrant microcosm, a place with its own deeply felt history and stories of national cultural significance. But Chinatown is not a place that needs solving; it's a place that needs a more specific telling. In American Chinatown , acclaimed travel writer Bonnie Tsui takes an affectionate and attentive look at the neighborhood that has bewitched her since childhood, when she eagerly awaited her grandfather's return from the fortune-cookie factory. Tsui visits the country's four most famous Chinatowns -- San Francisco (the oldest), New York (the biggest), Los Angeles (the film icon), Honolulu (the crossroads) -- and makes her final, fascinating stop in Las Vegas (the newest; this Chinatown began as a mall); in her explorations, she focuses on the remarkable experiences of ordinary people, everyone from first-to fifth-generation Chinese Americans. American Chinatown breaks down the enigma of Chinatown by offering narrative glimpses: intriguing characters who reveal the realities and the unexpected details of Chinatown life that American audiences haven't heard. There are beauty queens, celebrity chefs, immigrant garment workers; there are high school kids who are changing inner-city life in San Francisco, Chinese extras who played key roles in 1940s Hollywood, new arrivals who go straight to dealer school in Las Vegas hoping to find their fortunes in their own vision of "gold mountain." Tsui's investigations run everywhere, from mom-and-pop fortune-cookie factories to the mall, leaving no stone unturned. By interweaving her personal impressions with the experiences of those living in these unique communities, Tsui beautifully captures their vivid stories, giving readers a deeper look into what "Chinatown" means to its inhabitants, what each community takes on from its American home, and what their experience means to America at large. For anyone who has ever wandered through Chinatown and wondered what it was all about, and for Americans wanting to understand the changing face of their own country, American Chinatown is an all-access pass.

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"Well, I've been to Flushing, which is considered a Chinatown by some people, but I don't really think anything compares to Manhattan Chinatown, because it is The One." 另外裏麵的插圖和手繪地圖很好看

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"Well, I've been to Flushing, which is considered a Chinatown by some people, but I don't really think anything compares to Manhattan Chinatown, because it is The One." 另外裏麵的插圖和手繪地圖很好看

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"Well, I've been to Flushing, which is considered a Chinatown by some people, but I don't really think anything compares to Manhattan Chinatown, because it is The One." 另外裏麵的插圖和手繪地圖很好看

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"Well, I've been to Flushing, which is considered a Chinatown by some people, but I don't really think anything compares to Manhattan Chinatown, because it is The One." 另外裏麵的插圖和手繪地圖很好看

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"Well, I've been to Flushing, which is considered a Chinatown by some people, but I don't really think anything compares to Manhattan Chinatown, because it is The One." 另外裏麵的插圖和手繪地圖很好看

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