{"id":54906,"date":"2017-09-06T03:43:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T03:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=54906"},"modified":"2017-09-06T04:06:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T04:06:00","slug":"becoming-sui-sin-far-early-fiction-journalism-and-travel-writing-by-edith-maude-eaton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=54906","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Sui Sin Far: Early Fiction, Journalism, and Travel Writing by Edith Maude Eaton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Becoming Sui Sin Far: Early Fiction, Journalism, and Travel Writing by Edith Maude Eaton<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

McGill-Queen’s University Press<\/a>
\nJuly 2016
\n352 pages
\n6 x 9
\nISBN: 9780773547223<\/p>\n

Edited by:<\/p>\n

Mary Chapman<\/strong><\/a>, Professor of English
\nUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Newly discovered works by one of the earliest Asian North American writers.<\/em><\/p>\n

When her 1912 story collection, Mrs. Spring Fragrance<\/em><\/a>, was rescued from obscurity in the 1990s, scholars were quick to celebrate Sui Sin Far<\/a> as a pioneering chronicler of Asian American Chinatowns<\/a>. Newly discovered works, however, reveal that Edith Eaton<\/a> (1865-1914) published on a wide variety of subjects\u2014and under numerous pseudonyms<\/a>\u2014in Canada<\/a> and Jamaica<\/a> for a decade before she began writing Chinatown fiction signed \u201cSui Sin Far\u201d for US<\/a> magazines. Born in England<\/a> to a Chinese mother and a British father, and raised in Montreal<\/a>, Edith Eaton is a complex transnational writer whose expanded oeuvre demands reconsideration.<\/p>\n

Becoming Sui Sin Far<\/em> collects and contextualizes seventy of Eaton\u2019s early works, most of which have not been republished since they first appeared in turn-of-the-century periodicals. These works of fiction and journalism, in diverse styles and from a variety of perspectives, document Eaton\u2019s early career as a short story writer, \u201cstunt-girl\u201d journalist, ethnographer, political commentator, and travel writer<\/a>. Showcasing her playful humour, savage wit, and deep sympathy, the texts included in this volume assert a significant place for Eaton in North American literary history. Mary Chapman\u2019s introduction provides an insightful and readable overview of Eaton\u2019s transnational career. The volume also includes an expanded bibliography that lists over two hundred and sixty works attributed to Eaton, a detailed biographical timeline, and a newly discovered interview with Eaton from the year in which she first adopted the orientalist pseudonym for which she is best known.<\/p>\n

Becoming Sui Sin Far<\/em> significantly expands our understanding of the themes and topics that defined Eaton\u2019s oeuvre<\/a> and will interest scholars and students of Canadian, American, Asian North American, and ethnic literatures and history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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