Daughters Of The Sun And Moon Analysis

Scott Zesch in his chapter 4 “daughters of the sun and moon” is trying to explain the condition of Chinese women in late 19th century living in Los Angeles society. He shows how Chinese women were treated during that period and in my point of view, in this chapter he provides insight of how Chinese women who immigrated to America and live here with America’s beliefs and reactions towards them, and how they made differences between them and the other white people in the society. The emphasis of the writer is more on first experiences of immigrants (men and women) and considering their conditions before and after immigration.
As I could find throughout this chapter with the first beginning of 19th century Chinese immigration to the United States
Most of them came from rural lands of china they were not educated people therefore adjusting and finding their way on big towns of America was too difficult for them. Meanwhile, The Chinese culture was completely different from the American Culture. Their society was male-controlled and Patriarchal and the main role of women in Chinese nation were staying at home, bearing children and taking care of them and their husbands and parents in low, similar to the role of most Asian women around the world for a long time. Actually, the principled responsibility of wives were greater than their duty to go with their husbands abroad, instead they believed they should stay in china and support their family because taking care of the elderly is more important in their