Fifth Chinese Daughter

Fifth Chinese Daughter
1950 cover
AuthorJade Snow Wong
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMemoir
Publication date
1950
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages264
ISBN9780295968261 (hardcover)

Fifth Chinese Daughter is a 1950 memoir by Chinese American writer and ceramist Jade Snow Wong. The name of the book refers to Wong being the fifth child born to immigrant parents from China. The book has been considered as an early classic of Asian American literature.[1]

Synopsis

In Fifth Chinese Daughter, Wong describes her upbringing in Chinatown, San Francisco, providing a detailed portrayal of her family's immigrant experience and the disciplined upbringing she received. It also explores her defiance against the expectations imposed by both her family and society for a Chinese woman.

Reception

Published in 1950, the book became a best-seller, especially in the aftermath of the lifting of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1943.[2]

In a profile about Wong, The New York Times wrote that the Fifth Chinese Daughter is "a portrait of the Chinese American immigrant family experience, written with humanity and insight." Journalist Neely Tucker writing for the Library of Congress blog about the book in 2021, wrote that "the book has settled into the national narrative as a lasting portrait of Chinese American life at the midcentury – stilted, sometimes perceptive, sometimes shading the truth in favor of an up-by-the-bootstraps narrative."[2][3]

In a scathing review about the book in 1979, Patricia Lin Blinde wrote that the book "in no way adds anything in terms of real knowledge where the general public's picture of Chinese people is concerned" and "what Wong does is essentially to 'repeat' the white world's articulations and expectations as to what Chineseness is or not."[4]

Promotion

Freda Foh Shen as Jade Snow Wong in PBS's half-hour special Jade Snow (1976)

The success of the book led it to being translated into several Asian languages by the U.S. State Department and Wong being sent on a four-month speaking tour of Asia in 1953, to promote the book. In 2004, the Fifth Chinese Daughter was published in China by Yilin Press under the title Chinese Daughter A Wu (Chinese: 华女阿五; pinyin: Huá nǚ ā wǔ).[5][2][3][6]

In 1976, PBS made a half-hour special for public television based on Fifth Chinese Daughter, called Jade Snow, in which Wong was portrayed by actress Freda Foh Shen and Wong's father portrayed by actor James Hong.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Wildermuth, John (March 19, 2006). "Jade Snow Wong -- noted author, ceramicist". SFGate. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Tucker, Neely (July 28, 2021). "Jade Snow Wong: The Legacy of "Fifth Chinese Daughter"". Library of Congress Blog. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Shining a Light on Forgotten Designers". The New York Times. October 28, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  4. ^ Blinde, Patricia Lin (1979). "The Icicle in the Desert: Perspective and Form in the Works of Two Chinese-American Women Writers". Multi-ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS). 6 (3). Oxford Academic: 51–71. doi:10.2307/466953. JSTOR 466953. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  5. ^ Marshall, Anna Wei (2020). "Crafting Identities Between Cultures: A Holistic Study Of Jade Snow Wong". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  6. ^ Wong, Jade Snow (January 2004). 华女阿五. 华裔美国文学译丛. ISBN 978-7-80657-630-4. Retrieved November 19, 2023. {{cite book}}: |newspaper= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "Jade Snow". Vimeo (USC Cinematic School of Arts Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive). 1976. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  8. ^ Rourke, Mary (March 22, 2006). "Jade Snow Wong, 84; 'Fifth Chinese Daughter' Author, Ceramicist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 19, 2023.

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