... English. Kingston reveals another curious phenomena in the act of picture-taking, "My mother is not smiling; Chinese do not smile for photographs My mother does not understand Chinese-American snapshots. What are you laughing at?' she asks."" One's appearance in a photo might seem insignificant at first glance, but the type of emotion one chooses to reveal deeper window into a society ... ...

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