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A Multicultural Interpretation of Jade Snow Wong’s Fifth Chinese Daughter
JIANG Qian-yu
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2017.12.008
Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Jade Snow Wong was one of the most famous literary writers to recount the complexity of cross-cultural experiences as Americans became sympathetic toward Chinese at the historic juncture of WWII. Her autobiography, Fifth Chinese Daughter, once represented early immigrants’ assimilationist position, yet it was lately reread for the strength of her Chinese heritage in a multicultural American society. To interpret the cultural value of Chinese existence in America, this article analyzes the historic contexts of her story, and argues that her life experiences provide insights into fresh meanings of multiculturalism for various ethnic groups, as well as into the particular importance of Chinese American culture in connecting separate worlds within the world of America.
Chinese American, Jade Snow Wong, Fifth Chinese Daughter, multiculturalism
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