Wandering from China to America A Life Straddling Different Worlds

This fascinating autobiography offers not a success story; nor a paean to the resilience of the human spirit; nor a search for identity constrained by class, race, and gender or the other usual suspects; nor a tearjerker that engenders in the Western reader a sense of superiority or schadenfreude. R...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Liu, Xiuwu R.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Hannover ibidem 2024
Ausgabe:
2nd ed.
Zusammenfassung:
This fascinating autobiography offers not a success story; nor a paean to the resilience of the human spirit; nor a search for identity constrained by class, race, and gender or the other usual suspects; nor a tearjerker that engenders in the Western reader a sense of superiority or schadenfreude. Rather, it is a tale of the joys and hardships of simple living, of an enduring curiosity about the world, of teachers and friends, of marriage and divorce, of Chinese and American societies, of tofu and jalapeños, of character flaws and personality quirks, of humbug and folly.
Umfang:
1 online resource (305 pages)
ISBN:
9783838270715
3838270711
Schlagworte:
China
USA
Immigrant
Migranten
Higher Education
Universität
Biography
Biografie
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