The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America

ISBN-13: 9780197581988 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 344 str.

Nancy E. Davis

Recenzje

Ms. Davis strives mightily to tell Afong Moy's own story using the documents available, triangulating not only from what was said but also from the silences. That so much remains unknown in "The Chinese Lady" doesn't reflect poorly on Ms. Davis as a historian. Rather it confirms Ms. Davis's assertion that "in mid-nineteenth-century America, the life of an Asian, and of a woman even when that woman lived an extraordinary life was destined to obscurity." - The Wall Street Journal

O autorze

Nancy E. Davis is curator emeritus of Home and Community Life at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. She has worked as a public historian in local, state, and national museums for more than forty years. Her research in museums and as a lecturer has frequently addressed aspects of Asian influence on American culture.