Bound Feet And Western Dress
After long afternoons spent with her great-aunt Yu-i, Pang-Mei, a first-generation Chinese-American, paints this unforgettable saga of a woman, born in Shanghai at the turn of the century to a well-to-do family, who continually defied the expectations of her class and culture.
''In China, a woman is nothing,'' began Yu-i over tea and dumplings. ''This is the first lesson I want to give so that you...
After long afternoons spent with her great-aunt Yu-i, Pang-Mei, a first-generation Chinese-American, paints this unforgettable saga of a woman, born in Shanghai at the turn of the century to a well-to-do family, who continually defied the expectations of her class and culture.
''In China, a woman is nothing,'' began Yu-i over tea and dumplings. ''This is the first lesson I want to give so that you...
