Songs of gold mountain: cantonese rhymes from san francisco chinatown
Auteur :
Hom, Marlon K.
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520081048
Date de publication :
27 nov. 1992
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,0 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
408 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A selection of 220 rhymes from two collections of Chinatown songs published in 1911 and 1915. The songs are outspoken, addressing subjects as diverse as sex, frustrations with the American bureaucracy, poverty and alienation, and the loose morals of the younger generation of Americans.