Being Chinese : A New Zealander's Story / Helene Wong.
"This is the story of a quest I began three decades ago - the search for my Chinese identity. The path I travelled was not linear, and the years brought pain as well as joy. But, while this is a narrative about being Chinese and also a New Zealander, I know that the search for purpose and meani...
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Wellington :
Bridget Williams Books,
2016
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Table of Contents:
- Family trees
- A note on spellings
- Prologue
- 1. The greengrocer's daughter
- 2. Dance to follow
- 3. 'I never think of you as Chinese'
- 4. Same but different
- 5. Things Chinese
- 6. Coming out
- 7. Answering back
- 8. Willie
- 9. Dolly
- 10. Willie and Dolly
- 11. The golden time
- 12. Being Chinese
- Epilogue
- References
- Acknowledgements.