Unbound Voices A Documentary History of Chinese Women in San Francisco

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Fine. 1999. First Edition. First Printing; Paperback. 0520218604 . B&W Illustrations; 8.80 X 6 X 1.10 inches; xv, 543 pages; Soft cover has a green spine with yellow lettering. Light rubbing. Several page corners have a small crease, but otherwise, pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with 46 b/w pictures.' Unbound Voices brings together the voices of Chinese American women in a fascinating, intimate collection of documents—letters, essays, poems, autobiographies, speeches, testimonials, and oral histories—detailing half a century of their lives in America. Together, these sources provide a captivating mosaic of Chinese women's experiences in their own words, as they tell of making a home for themselves and their families in San Francisco from the Gold Rush years through World War II. The personal nature of these documents makes for compelling reading. We hear the voices of prostitutes and domestic slavegirls, immigrant wives of merchants, Christians and pagans, homemakers, and social activists alike. We read the stories of daughters who confronted cultural conflicts and racial discrimination; the myriad ways women coped with the Great Depression; and personal contributions to the causes of women's emancipation, Chinese nationalism, workers' rights, and World War II. The symphony of voices presented here lends immediacy and authenticity to our understanding of the Chinese American women's lives'. Appendix; Chinese glossary; index. .