A Dragon Child Reflections Of A Daughter Of Annam In America

Author : Lucy Hong Nhiem Nguyen
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595328390

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A Dragon Child by Lucy Hong Nhiem Nguyen Pdf

A Dragon Child: Reflections of a Daughter of Annam in America is the story of a Vietnamese Catholic raised within the structure of the French colonial system. Her upbringing was somewhat privileged as the daughter of a provincial administrator in the central highlands of Vietnam. As a child, and later as a young woman, she embraced French culture and aspired to French ideals. She was educated at a French boarding school for the children of the elite. Subsequently she received a degree in French teaching from the University of Saigon and became a lycee teacher and administrator. In 1975, she left on one of the last military planes accompanied by her four children and entered a new life as a refugee in the U.S. She ultimately resettled in Western Massachusetts. She then went back to school and obtained her Ph.D. in Francophone literature. After seeing to her children's education she began her academic career and started to teach French in the Five College academic community. She has fulfilled the "American dream" as have her children. In the process she has rediscovered her cultural roots and has helped others to negotiate the same path.

Author : Lucy Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595776399

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A Dragon Child: Reflections of a Daughter of Annam in America by Lucy Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem Pdf

A Dragon Child: Reflections of a Daughter of Annam in America is the story of a Vietnamese Catholic raised within the structure of the French colonial system. Her upbringing was somewhat privileged as the daughter of a provincial administrator in the central highlands of Vietnam. As a child, and later as a young woman, she embraced French culture and aspired to French ideals. She was educated at a French boarding school for the children of the elite. Subsequently she received a degree in French teaching from the University of Saigon and became a lycee teacher and administrator. In 1975, she left on one of the last military planes accompanied by her four children and entered a new life as a refugee in the U.S. She ultimately resettled in Western Massachusetts. She then went back to school and obtained her Ph.D. in Francophone literature. After seeing to her children's education she began her academic career and started to teach French in the Five College academic community. She has fulfilled the "American dream" as have her children. In the process she has rediscovered her cultural roots and has helped others to negotiate the same path.

Author : Guiyou Huang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1250 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781567207361

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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature [3 volumes] by Guiyou Huang Pdf

Asian American literature dates back to the close of the 19th century, and during the years following World War II it significantly expanded in volume and diversity. Monumental in scope, this encyclopedia surveys Asian American literature from its origins through 2007. Included are more than 270 alphabetically arranged entries on writers, major works, significant historical events, and important terms and concepts. Thus the encyclopedia gives special attention to the historical, social, cultural, and legal contexts surrounding Asian American literature and central to the Asian American experience. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and cites works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography of essential print and electronic resources. While literature students will value this encyclopedia as a guide to writings by Asian Americans, the encyclopedia also supports the social studies curriculum by helping students use literature to learn about Asian American history and culture, as it pertains to writers from a host of Asian ethnic and cultural backgrounds, including Afghans, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, Iranians, Indians, Vietnamese, Hawaiians, and other Asian Pacific Islanders. The encyclopedia supports the literature curriculum by helping students learn more about Asian American literature. In addition, it supports the social studies curriculum by helping students learn about the Asian American historical and cultural experience.

Author : Sucheng Chan
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1592135021

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The Vietnamese American 1.5 Generation by Sucheng Chan Pdf

Riveting stories by refugees who fled Vietnam.

Author : Daniel Duffy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015049572251

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Not a War by Daniel Duffy Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : 1631196
ISBN : STANFORD:36105213166759

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Journal of Vietnamese Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Amy Tan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1995-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101202944

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The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan Pdf

The Hundred Secret Senses is an exultant novel about China and America, love and loyalty, the identities we invent and the true selves we discover along the way. Olivia Laguni is half-Chinese, but typically American in her uneasiness with her patchwork family. And no one in Olivia's family is more embarrassing to her than her half-sister, Kwan Li. For Kwan speaks mangled English, is cheerfully deaf to Olivia's sarcasm, and sees the dead with her "yin eyes." Even as Olivia details the particulars of her decades-long grudge against her sister (who, among other things, is a source of infuriatingly good advice), Kwan Li is telling her own story, one that sweeps us into the splendor, squalor, and violence of Manchu China. And out of the friction between her narrators, Amy Tan creates a work that illuminates both the present and the past sweetly, sadly, hilariously, with searing and vivid prose. "Truly magical...unforgettable...this novel...shimmer[s] with meaning."--San Diego Tribune "The Hundred Secret Senses doesn't simply return to a world but burrows more deeply into it, following new trails to fresh revelations."--Newsweek

Author : Surazeus Astarius
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781387266562

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Gothiniad by Surazeus Astarius Pdf

Gothiniad of Surazeus - Oracle of Gotha presents 150,792 lines of verse in 1,948 poems, lyrics, ballads, sonnets, dramatic monologues, eulogies, hymns, and epigrams written by Surazeus 1993 to 2000.

Author : Clifford Geertz
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786723751

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Local Knowledge by Clifford Geertz Pdf

In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge." A companion volume to The Interpretation of Cultures, this book continues Geertz’s exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author.

Author : Jorge Luis Borges
Publisher : Random House
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Animals, Mythical
ISBN : 9780099442639

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The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges Pdf

As we all know, there is a kind of lazy pleasure in useless and out-of-the-way erudition-The compilation and translation of this volume have given us a great deal of such pleasure; we hope the reader will share some of the fun we felt when ransacking the

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112089394875

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The Japan Daily Mail by Anonim Pdf

Author : Matthew Sernett,Dave Noonan,Ari Marmell,Robert J. Schwalb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
ISBN : 0786939095

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Tome of Magic by Matthew Sernett,Dave Noonan,Ari Marmell,Robert J. Schwalb Pdf

This volume introduces three new magic subsystems for the D&D game. They introduce new base classes and spellcasting mechanics, and include new feats, prestige classes, magic items, and spells.

Author : Robert Hopkins Miller
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0788108107

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United States and Vietnam 1787-1941 by Robert Hopkins Miller Pdf

From 1787 the author traces the ebb and flow of U.S. diplomatic, economic, and strategic interests in Vietnam. Amply illustrated with excerpts from contemporary correspondence and official documents, the research shows Vietnam's intricate relationship with China, the gradually increasing commercial involvement of the Western powers, and the impact of Japan's expansionist policy. Map and illustrations. Chronology of events and index.

Author : Bertrand Russell
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Problem of China by Bertrand Russell Pdf

A detailed study of China's economic, political and cultural history, renowned philosopher and scholar Bertrand Russell's book 'The Problem of China' can be read by social sciences scholars and economists interested in studying this region of diverse continent Asia.

Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101548028

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Civilization by Niall Ferguson Pdf

From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower “A dazzling history of Western ideas.” —The Economist “Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal “[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts, or “killer applications”—competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic—that the Rest lacked, allowing it to surge past all other competitors. Yet now, Ferguson shows how the Rest have downloaded the killer apps the West once monopolized, while the West has literally lost faith in itself. Chronicling the rise and fall of empires alongside clashes (and fusions) of civilizations, Civilization: The West and the Rest recasts world history with force and wit. Boldly argued and teeming with memorable characters, this is Ferguson at his very best.