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• catalog abstract "In Unsubmissive Women, Benson Tong explores the lives of Chinese prostitutes who lived and worked in nineteenth-century San Francisco but survived subjugation, maintained the will to alter their fate, and quite often established families in the American West. In the second half of the nineteenth century, male sojourners from China arrived in search of the mystical riches of California. Bound by tradition not to plant their roots in a "barbarian" country, many had left their wives and children in villages at home. Restrictive immigration laws further solidified the phenomenon of split-household families among the Chinese population in the United States. Bereft of female companionship and family life, the men sought sexual gratification from prostitutes. Their contemporaries stereotyped these women as hapless victims of male exploitation, passive victims thrown unwillingly into a subculture whose sole escape was death, particularly suicide. This description applies to only a few women. From 1849 to 1882, the year of the Chinese Exclusion Act, fighting tongs, federal, state, and local governments, and San Franciscans of all ethnic origins pushed Chinese prostitutes to the fringe of society. Though a number failed to survive these pressures, Tong argues that some adapted to their new environment and others made use of available resources to change their lives for the better.".
• catalog contributor b6507886.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description "Chinese prostitutes in the west, 1849-1882 -- Unwilling travelers to Gum Saan -- Arrival in America -- Adjusting to life in Chinatown -- Violence and public women -- Leaving the trade.".
• catalog description "In Unsubmissive Women, Benson Tong explores the lives of Chinese prostitutes who lived and worked in nineteenth-century San Francisco but survived subjugation, maintained the will to alter their fate, and quite often established families in the American West. In the second half of the nineteenth century, male sojourners from China arrived in search of the mystical riches of California. Bound by tradition not to plant their roots in a "barbarian" country, many had left their wives and children in villages at home. Restrictive immigration laws further solidified the phenomenon of split-household families among the Chinese population in the United States. Bereft of female companionship and family life, the men sought sexual gratification from prostitutes. Their contemporaries stereotyped these women as hapless victims of male exploitation, passive victims thrown unwillingly into a subculture whose sole escape was death, particularly suicide. This description applies to only a few women. From 1849 to 1882, the year of the Chinese Exclusion Act, fighting tongs, federal, state, and local governments, and San Franciscans of all ethnic origins pushed Chinese prostitutes to the fringe of society. Though a number failed to survive these pressures, Tong argues that some adapted to their new environment and others made use of available resources to change their lives for the better.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-292) and index.".
• catalog extent "xix, 300 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0806126531 (alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,".
• catalog spatial "California San Francisco".
• catalog subject "306.74/2/0979461 20".
• catalog subject "Chinese California San Francisco History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "HQ146.S4 T66 1994".
• catalog subject "Prostitutes California San Francisco History 19th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Chinese prostitutes in the west, 1849-1882 -- Unwilling travelers to Gum Saan -- Arrival in America -- Adjusting to life in Chinatown -- Violence and public women -- Leaving the trade.".
• catalog title "Unsubmissive women : Chinese prostitutes in nineteenth-century San Francisco / by Benson Tong.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".