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The Happy Hsiungs Recovers The Histories Of Two Married Chinese Writers Who Lived And Worked In Britain From The 1930's Onwards. Shih-i Hsiung Shot To Worldwide Fame With His Play Lady Precious Stream, While Dymia Hsiung Was The First Chinese Woman To Publish A Fictional Autobiography In English Of Her Life In Britain. Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note On Transliteration -- Prelude -- Chapter 1. Adrift In New China: Learning, Love And Labour -- Chapter 2. 'try Something Different. Something Really Chinese' -- Chapter 3. 'the Greatest Success': The Rise To Global Fame -- Chapter 4. China Fashion And The Politics Of Success -- Chapter 5. The Kaleidoscope Of China: Authenticity, Orientalism And Discontents -- Chapter 6. The End To Old Cathay? -- Chapter 7. 'looking Like An English Household': Performing Class, Family And Home -- Chapter 8. Goddess, Housewife, Writer -- Chapter 9. Into The Shadows -- Chapter 10. Global And Contemporary Revivals -- Afterword -- Glossary Of Names -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. Diana Yeh. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English