China Men

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"China Men" is a 1980 book by Maxine Hong Kingston that blends family history, oral tradition, and imaginative narrative to explore the experiences of Chinese immigrant men in America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Asian American literature
book
nonfiction literature
author Maxine Hong Kingston
awardReceived National Book Award for Nonfiction
awardReceivedYear 1981
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
follows The Woman Warrior
genre autobiographical fiction
creative nonfiction
historical narrative
memoir
hasPart “The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun”
“The American Father”
“The Brother in Vietnam”
“The Father From China”
“The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains”
hasTheme assimilation and resistance
cultural displacement
family legacy
immigration
masculinity
storytelling as survival
influenced Asian American literary studies
discourse on Chinese American identity
language English
literaryMovement Asian American literature
surface form: Asian American literature movement
narrativeForm blend of memoir and fiction
multi-generational family saga
notableFor innovative narrative structure
integration of myth and history
portrayal of Chinese American male experience
publicationYear 1980
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
setting China
United States of America
surface form: United States
subject Chinese American history
Chinese American men
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
surface form: Chinese Exclusion Act

Chinese immigration to the United States
Chinese railroad workers
family history
identity
labor history
oral tradition
racism in the United States
timePeriod 19th century
20th century

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