Judy Yung
Auteur de Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco
A propos de l'auteur
Judy Yung (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Professor Emerita of American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is the daughter of Chinese immigrants who were detained on Angel Island. In the image to the left, she is holding her father's Certificate of Identification afficher plus issued in 1921. Beginning in 1909, all Chinese persons were issued certificates to identify them as legally admitted into the country. After 1940, these certificates were replaced by "green cards." Yung received her M.A. in library science and Ph.D. in ethnic studies from the University of California, Berkeley, before joining the faculty at University of California, Santa Cruz, where she has taught courses in Asian American history, women's studies, ethnic studies, and oral history. Her publications include Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940: Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco; Chinese American Voices: From the Cold Rush to the Present; The Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War; and Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America. afficher moins
Œuvres de Judy Yung
Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present (2006) — Directeur de publication — 29 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's History [1st edition] (1990) — Contributeur — 291 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1946
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- San Francisco, California, USA
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 245
- Popularité
- #92,910
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 20
Judy found Eddie to be a natural story teller and soon decided that his entire life was worthy of recording for posterity. She visited with him several times over a period of months, recording hours of interviews covering the different segments of Eddie's interesting life. Along the way, Eddie proposed marriage, and Judy agreed, but she continued with this project so that Eddie's story would be told.
His parents were immigrants from China but Eddie and his brother and sisters were born in the United States. His family lived in Chinatown in San Francisco in a very close knit community. As a teenager though, Eddie longed for adventure, and having seen a few western movies, he decided to move to Texas and become a cowboy. Though the ranchers he worked for knew he had no experience, they gave him a chance and he proved to be a quick learner and a hard worker. After a couple of years he met a recruiter and decided to join the Army. Since he was a minor, the Army wrote his mom, who refused to give her permission. But Eddie found a way, and eventually joined a National Guard unit. The Texas National Guard Unit was activated shortly before the US entered the war and was shipped off to Java. Their battalion was captured by the Japanese almost immediately and they became known eventually as The Lost Battalion. Their destination was Burma, where they were forced as prisoners of war to build the railroad to Siam through the rugged tropical jungle. This horrific experience was commemorated in the epic film, Bridge Over the River Kwai. They spent forty-two months in the captivity of the Japanese.
Those who survived were starving and many suffered from jungle diseases by the time they were freed. Eddie was one of those survivors. Because they had shared this horrific experience, The Lost Battalion survivors began to gather annually for reunions which continue to this day.
A key part of WWII history, Eddie's story offers a unique perspective of survival and loyalty to one's "Band of Brothers."… (plus d'informations)