{"product_id":"a-half-caste-and-other-writings-9780252070945","title":"A Half Caste and Other Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat did it mean to be a 'half caste' in early twentieth-century North America? This collection of short works ranges from magazine romance to story melodrama and provides an introduction to a unique literary personality - Onoto Watanna. It includes nineteen - thirteen stories and six essays - intended to show the versatility of her writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Informative and reflective, thoughtful, and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003e\"A Half Caste\" and Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e opens new possibilities for reading and writing about Asian American literature and for (re)considering the discourse of orientalism and its role in the development of personal and literary strategies for self-expression, social critique, and survival.\"--\u003ci\u003eCanadian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What did it mean to be a ‘half caste’ in early twentieth-century North America? Winnifred Eaton lived that experience, and, as Onoto Watanna, she wrote about it. This collection of her short works--some newly discovered, others long awaited by scholars--ranges from breathless magazine romance to story melodrama and provides a riveting introduction to a unique literary personality.”--Diana Birchall, author of \u003ci\u003eOnoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction by Linda Trinh Moser xi\u003cbr\u003e PART 1: SHORT FICTION\u003cbr\u003e A Half Caste 3\u003cbr\u003e Two Converts 11\u003cbr\u003e Kirishima-san 19\u003cbr\u003e Margot 29\u003cbr\u003e Eyes That Saw Not 38 (Written with Bertrand W. Babcock)\u003cbr\u003e A Contract 50\u003cbr\u003e The Loves of Sakura Jiro and the Three Headed Maid 60\u003cbr\u003e Miss Lily and Miss Chrysanthemum: The Love Story of Two Japanese Girls in Chicago 67\u003cbr\u003e The Wrench of Chance 78\u003cbr\u003e Manoeuvres of O-Yasu-san: The Little Joke on Mrs. Tom and Mr. Middleton 97\u003cbr\u003e A Neighbor's Garden, My Own and a Dream One 109\u003cbr\u003e Delia Dissents: Her Diary Records the End of a Great Endeavor 122\u003cbr\u003e Elspeth 130\u003cbr\u003e PART 2: NONFICTION\u003cbr\u003e The Half Caste 149\u003cbr\u003e The Japanese Drama and the Actor 154\u003cbr\u003e The Marvelous Miniature Trees of Japan: These Curious Effects Are Only Attained after Generations of Patient Toil 161\u003cbr\u003e Every-day Life in Japan 165\u003cbr\u003e The Japanese in America 173\u003cbr\u003e Preface to \u003ci\u003eChinese-Japanese Cook Book \u003c\/i\u003e178 (written with Sara Bosse)","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400472928599,"sku":"9780252070945","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-half-caste-and-other-writings-9780252070945","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}