Book Review Of Han The Autobiography Of A Chinese Working Woman Ida Pruitt
Book Review
A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman, Ida Pruitt
Carol De Leon
April 4, 2006
Historical Methods 2003.005
Death is one of the main reoccurring themes in the book The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman by Ida Pruitt. Death is a catalyst for change, the focus of familial ritual, result of the Japanese occupation and the outcome of diseases that had no cure. The consequences of death provide answers to the struggle in the life of Ning Lao T’ai-tai, the woman whose story this book recounts. Beginning with the death of Ning’s parents and continuing to the death of her husband’s uncle and aunt, the death of Sung Ch’ing during the
A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman, Ida Pruitt
Carol De Leon
April 4, 2006
Historical Methods 2003.005
Death is one of the main reoccurring themes in the book The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman by Ida Pruitt. Death is a catalyst for change, the focus of familial ritual, result of the Japanese occupation and the outcome of diseases that had no cure. The consequences of death provide answers to the struggle in the life of Ning Lao T’ai-tai, the woman whose story this book recounts. Beginning with the death of Ning’s parents and continuing to the death of her husband’s uncle and aunt, the death of Sung Ch’ing during the