No, Really, Where Are You From?: Personal Stories of Chinese Identity Retention and Loss

In No, Really, Where Are You From? Nancy Ng tells the insightful true stories of how eight Chinese individuals, young and old and from various economic backgrounds, negotiated being a visible minority in mainstream Canada. With insight and inspiration, Ng writes of these remarkable people’s experiences with their Chinese culture from childhood to adulthood. No, Really, Where Are You From? not only discusses the importance of global migration and its impact on ethnic identity; it also tells the stories of those who have first-hand experience of the issue. Ethnic identity retention and loss is never black and white… it is constantly reshaping and redefining itself.