Seeing the Light: Four Decades in Chinatown
A biography by Dean Wong that uses Seeing the light to explore chinese americans and interviews, with work in view.
Work Information
A story where chinese americans meets interviews.
Dean Wong's biography Seeing the light centers on chinese americans and interviews while extending into work and social life and customs.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Chin Music Press Inc.
- Published
- 2016-07-05
- Pages
- 192 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 19.69 x 1.91 x 28.58 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781634059039
- ISBN-10
- 1634059034
- Price
- 7827 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/History/Americas/United States/State & Local
Photojournalist Dean Wong has been chronicling life in America's Chinatowns for four decades. His sensitive eye and man-of-the-people interviews bring these ghettos disguised as tourist traps to life. Through Wong, we meet the drag queen deciding to stop his medications and die of AIDS with dignity; the elderly Chinese American facing eviction as the neighborhood gentrifies; the artist told by the city that his shop is a fire hazard, and the man who challenged Bruce Lee to a fight . . . and lost. Wong focuses his attention on the Chinatowns of Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver, and New York. He reveals how "Chinatown" is sometimes a misnomer because these neighborhoods often include large pockets of Vietnamese, Japanese, and other Asian American families. He also chronicles the celebratory side of life in these communities, from the events around Lunar New Year to a much-anticipated visit by the Dalai Lama. Building on the groundwork of Bonnie Tsui's American Chinatown (2009), Seeing the Light exposes an oft overlooked American community and reminds the reader that these neighborhoods are filled with much more than good places to get dim sum. Dean Wong is an award-winning photojournalist who has been chronicling Asian American life for nearly forty years. The city of Seattle and King County, Washington, declared March 8, 1995, Dean Wong Day to honor his efforts documenting the Asian and Pacific American community.
Dean Wong: Dean Wong is an award-winning photojournalist who has been chronicling Asian American life for nearly 40 years. The city of Seattle and King County, Washington, declared March 8, 1995, Dean Wong Day to honor his efforts documenting the Asian and Pacific American community.
Reviews
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Totally awesome book for anyone interested in learning about the Chinese ...
Totally awesome book for anyone interested in learning about the Chinese communities that grew and flourished in very difficult circumstances.
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Five Stars
great product.
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Interesting photos and essays.
Nice to have the photographer's essays with the photos. Not wild about the font type.