"e;A Half Caste"e; and Other Writings
Born Winnifred Eaton to a British father and Chinese mother, Onoto Watanna was the first novelist of Chinese descent published in the United States. Eaton "became" Watanna to escape Americans'' scorn of the Chinese and to capitalize on their fascination with all things Japanese.
This volume includes nineteen of Watanna''s shorter works, including thirteen short stories and six essays. "A Half Cas...
Born Winnifred Eaton to a British father and Chinese mother, Onoto Watanna was the first novelist of Chinese descent published in the United States. Eaton "became" Watanna to escape Americans'' scorn of the Chinese and to capitalize on their fascination with all things Japanese.
This volume includes nineteen of Watanna''s shorter works, including thirteen short stories and six essays. "A Half Cas...
