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A review by shaun_trinh
Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown's Most Stylish Seniors by Valerie Luu, Andria Lo
5.0
Chinatown Pretty is an amazingly culturally, in-touch look to the foundation of Chinatowns across the west. It's easy to tell that Valerie Luu and Andria Lo took great care to appreciate and learn the stories behind what makes Chinatown and it's citizens who they are. In a very straight foward and digestable way, readers get to see the community and history behind city staples of the asian community.
Something I loved reading about (besides the seniors adorably cute and cool fashion), is how so many of them are still active in supporting and protecting their community. Readers learn that many of these seniors are lobbyist and are a part of non-profit organizations to maintain the essence of Chinatown and afforadble-housing for low-income families/seniors. Many of them are also very enviormentally sensitive and will go out of their way to wonder the streets to collect recylable items from the ground and garbage, as well as using reusable bags to carry any belongings or groceriers that they purchase.
While being asian myself I'm not in touch that much with my asian heritage, and this was a great book to help me feel closer to my culture and roots then I did before.
Some (but not all) of my favorite photographs/stories are:
"The One": Page 32-33
"Old and Care Free": Pages 54-55
"Angie No Good": Pages 58-59
"Polka Dot": Pages 66-71
"Cool Cat": Pages 96-97
"Estelle Kelley" Pages: 98-101
"Angry Birds": Pages 140-141"
"Space Culture" Pages 162-163
"Helen": Pages 188-189
"Dora The Explorer": Pages 194-195
"Fateful Encounter" Pages 206-207
Something I loved reading about (besides the seniors adorably cute and cool fashion), is how so many of them are still active in supporting and protecting their community. Readers learn that many of these seniors are lobbyist and are a part of non-profit organizations to maintain the essence of Chinatown and afforadble-housing for low-income families/seniors. Many of them are also very enviormentally sensitive and will go out of their way to wonder the streets to collect recylable items from the ground and garbage, as well as using reusable bags to carry any belongings or groceriers that they purchase.
While being asian myself I'm not in touch that much with my asian heritage, and this was a great book to help me feel closer to my culture and roots then I did before.
Some (but not all) of my favorite photographs/stories are:
"The One": Page 32-33
"Old and Care Free": Pages 54-55
"Angie No Good": Pages 58-59
"Polka Dot": Pages 66-71
"Cool Cat": Pages 96-97
"Estelle Kelley" Pages: 98-101
"Angry Birds": Pages 140-141"
"Space Culture" Pages 162-163
"Helen": Pages 188-189
"Dora The Explorer": Pages 194-195
"Fateful Encounter" Pages 206-207