Sui Sin Far (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Annette White-Parks
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Literary biography
- Time of Work: 1865-1914
- Setting: Montreal, Canada; the American West Coast; and Boston
- Principal Characters: Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton)
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Journalism or journalists, Racism, Sexism, Literature, Writing, Women, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans
- Locales: Boston, MA, Montreal, Canada, Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
By putting the Asian name first in the title Sui Sin Far/Edith Maude Eaton, Annette White-Parks communicates not only her subject’s Eurasian heritage but also Sui Sin Far’s affirmation of her Asian identity in her mature writings. Born in England in 1865 to a Chinese mother and a British father, Sui Sin Far (Chinese for water lily) migrated with her family in 1873 to Montreal, where she lived in near poverty during a time of strong Sinophobia. At the age of ten she began working to help support her family. Later she traveled to the United States in search of work, living for...
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