Although the classification is difficult and imprecise, the first Chinese American writer to publish fiction and journalism is conventionally understood to be Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton). At a time when few other writers of Asian ancestry were...

Annette White-Parks. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1995. xx + 268 pages. Illustrated. $34.95, cloth. Daughter of a British father and Chinese mother, English-born Edith Maude Eaton (Sui Seen Far/Sui Sin Far) was one of the first Eurasian writers to publish in Canada...

Dominika Ferens. Urbana and Chicago: U of Illinois P, 2002. 221 pages. $34.95 cloth. In a recent addition to Roger Daniels' series on the Asian American experience, Polish critic Dominika Ferens takes on the seemingly irreconcilable paradox of a fascinating pair of siblings,...

In the following essay, White-Parks discusses Far's treatment of the themes of assimilation, cultural pluralism, and the experiences of Asian-American women in her short fiction.

In the following essay, Yin discusses Far's efforts to challenge existing stereotypes about Asian Americans through her short fiction. Yin examines Far's treatment of such themes as assimilation, interracial marriage, biracial identity, and cultural conflict.

In the following essay, Diana asserts that Far's short fiction functions to deconstruct stereotypes of “Orientalism” through her treatment of such themes as bi-racial identity, interracial marriage, and race relations in the United States.