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Call# |
895.11-H |
Summary |
Marlon Hom has selected and translated 220 rhymes from two collections of Chinatown songs published in 1911 and 1915. The songs are outspoken and personal, addressing subjects as diverse as sex, frustrations with the American bureaucracy, poverty and alienation, and the loose morals of the younger generation of Americans. Hom has arranged the songs thematically and gives an overview of early Chinese American literature. |
Object Name |
Book |
Author |
Hom, Marlon K. |
Subjects |
Chinese poetry--California--San Francisco--Translations into English. Chinese poetry--California--San Francisco. Chinese poetry--20th century. China--Emigration and immigration--Poetry. California--Emigration and immigration--Poetry. Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--Poetry. |
Title |
Songs of Gold Mountain: Cantonese Rhymes from San Francisco Chinatown |
Published Date |
1987 |
Physical Description |
ix, 322 p. : maps ; 22 cm. |
Catalog Number |
2014.007.196 |
Accession number |
2014.007 |
Publisher |
University of California Press |
Collection |
Public Affairs Television |
Year Range from |
1987 |
Year Range to |
1987 |