Vanessa Kunnemann (PhD) works as Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Gottingen, Germany. Her research interests include 19th to 21st century American Literature, Asian-American studies, Gender Studies, and Middlebrow Studies.

»An important and long overdue contribution to the research on Pearl Buck and on Western missions to China in general. Künnemann manages to position herself within a densely populated academic field, taking stock of her forerunners work. The depth of the primary and secondary research will make future work on Buck much easier.«