Learning from my mother's voice : family legend and the Chinese American experience /
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| Author / Creator: | Chin, Jean Lau. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Teachers College Press, c2005. |
| Description: | viii, 167 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Multicultural foundations of psychology and counseling |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5580286 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I. Family Saga and Cultural Legend
- 1. Mythology and Storytelling: Of Women, Family, and Culture
- Creation Myths: In the Beginning
- Myths of Women
- Male-Female Bonds
- Family and Generational Bonds
- The Journey: Transformation
- Journey to the West: Immigration
- 2. Contemporary Storytelling and Immigration Legend
- The Creation of Legend: Warrior Images
- The Woman Warrior: Chinese American Paradox
- Mother-Daughter Bonds: Family Saga
- Western Myths of Asian Women
- Bicultural Identity: Be Chinese! You Are an American!
- Creating Immigration Legends
- Golden Mountain Myth: The Search
- 3. Cultural Symbols: Universal Bonds
- Food Symbols: Bonds Between People
- Animal Symbols: Character Traits
- Rituals: Promoting Harmony and Good Fortune
- The Chinese Banquet: Becoming Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
- Women as Healers
- Words as Symbols: A Study of Contrasts
- Part II. Biculturalism: Contrasts Between Cultures
- 4. Of Survival and Striving: An Intergenerational Saga
- In the Beginning: The Floods
- An Intergenerational Saga: In My Mother's Voice
- Memories of China: The Journey
- Preparing for America
- 5. Day by Day: Of Women and Culture
- America the Melting Pot: The Immigration Legend
- Defining Moments: Of Families and Culture
- Chinatown: Family and Community Bonds
- 6. Traveling to the Future: Connecting with the Past
- History and Now: Ancestry Revisited
- Neverending Themes: Immigrant Bonds
- The Search and the Journey
- Part III. Transformation and Enlightenment
- 7. Of Bonds and Bondage
- Identity and Bonding
- Chinese American Identity
- Poverty Amidst Plenty
- Freedom: Learning from My Mother's Voice
- 8. Of Intergenerational Bonds: Lessons
- Counseling Chinese American Immigrant Families: Implications
- Reinforce the Two Faces of Woman
- Expand Our Notions of Family
- Achieving a Positive Identity
- Storytelling: A Method of Healing
- 9. The Future
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author
