Classics of Asian American Literature
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Classics of Asian American Literature

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Classics of Asian American Literature

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At the close of the Second World War, racist immigration laws trapped enclaves of old men in Chinatowns across the United States, preventing their wives or families from joining them. They took refuge from loneliness in the repartee and rivalries exchanged over games of mahjong in the backrooms of barbershops or at the local tong. These bachelors found hope in the nascent marriages and future children who would someday grow roots in American soil, made possible at last by the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1943. Louis Chu tells the story of a newlywed couple that inherits the burden of this tightly bonded community's expectations. Returning soldier Ben Loy travels to China to marry Mei Oi, a beautiful, intelligent woman who then emigrates to New York. After their honeymoon, Ben Loy becomes impotent, and his inability to father a child frustrates both Mei Oi and the Chinatown bachelors. This discontent boils over when Mei Oi has an affair and the community learns of Ben Loy's humiliation. Eat a Bowl of Tea remains a groundbreaking and influential work. The first novel to capture the tone and sensibility of everyday life in an American Chinatown, it is an incisive portrayal of Chinese America on the brink of change. A new foreword by Fae Myenne Ng explores the depth and meaning of Mei Oi's lust and elucidates the power of Chu's uncompromising writing.

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Publisher
University of Washington Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780295747064
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Asian American Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword. The Wows: Wow Your Mother
  8. Introduction to the 1979 Edition
  9. Chapter I
  10. Chapter II
  11. Chapter III
  12. Chapter IV
  13. Chapter V
  14. Chapter VI
  15. Chapter VII
  16. Chapter VIII
  17. Chapter IX
  18. Chapter X
  19. Chapter XI
  20. Chapter XII
  21. Chapter XIII
  22. Chapter XIV
  23. Chapter XV
  24. Chapter XVI
  25. Chapter XVII
  26. Chapter XVIII
  27. Chapter XIX
  28. Chapter XX
  29. Chapter XXI
  30. Chapter XXII
  31. Chapter XXIII
  32. Chapter XXIV
  33. Chapter XXV
  34. Chapter XXVI
  35. Chapter XXVII
  36. Chapter XXVIII
  37. Chapter XXIX
  38. Chapter XXX
  39. Chapter XXXI
  40. Chapter XXXII
  41. Chapter XXXIII
  42. Chapter XXXIV
  43. Chapter XXXV
  44. Chapter XXXVI
  45. Chapter XXXVII
  46. Chapter XXXVIII
  47. Chapter XXXIX
  48. Chapter XL
  49. Chapter XLI
  50. Chapter XLII
  51. Chapter XLIII
  52. Chapter XLIV
  53. Chapter XLV
  54. Chapter XLVI
  55. Chapter XLVII
  56. Chapter XLVIII
  57. Chapter XLIX
  58. Chapter L
  59. Chapter LI
  60. Chapter LII
  61. Chapter LIII
  62. Chapter LIV
  63. Chapter LV
  64. Chapter LVI
  65. Chapter LVII
  66. Series List