Chinese American mothering : Toy Len Goon's legacy and the myth of the model minority / Andrea Louie.
| Author/creator | Louie, Andrea author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : New York University Press, [2025] |
| Description | 327 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Toy Len Goon's legacy and the myth of the model minority |
| Contents | Chinese migrants the state: Dogan Goon's emigration story -- Toy Len Goon's migration story: Pre-Mother of the Year Award -- Kinship ties across borders: A transnational family separated by the Cold War -- Counter cultures: The place and space of the Chinese laundry -- Mother of the Year Award: Being "Good" Chinese Americans during the Cold War -- "One lifetime is like other people's working four": Toy Len Goon's story as told by herself and others -- Dirty laundry (or keeping clean laundry clean): The legacy of the model minority myth. |
| Abstract | "Toy Len Goon, a Chinese immigrant widow who raised eight children while running their family laundry, was selected as U.S. Mother of the Year in 1952. What does her legacy mean to her descendants as they grapple with changing meanings of the model minority myth that her story was used to create?"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Louie, Andrea Chinese American mothering New York : New York University Press, [2025] 9781479848225 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2025017240 |
| ISBN | 9781479859900 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1479859907 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781479855568 paperback |
| ISBN | 1479855561 paperback |
| ISBN | library electronic book |
| ISBN | consumer electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | F30 .C5 L68 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |