Uncle Ng Comes to America: Chinese Narrative Songs of Immigration and Love in Bloomington, MN

The first publication to collect texts, audio, and video of the Chinese narrative form Muk'yu and the celebrated singer Uncle Ng, who, in 1992, was the first Chinese American to receive a National Heritage Fellowship. Besides the songs, essays provide background on the narrative form, along with discussion of the hardships faced by early Chinese American immigrants to the United States.