Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land Paperback - 2012 - 1st Edition
by Angilee Shah (Editor); Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom (Editor); Foreword by Pankaj Mishra
From the rear cover
"For an outside audience that still sometimes sees the Chinese as the faceless masses, Wasserstrom and Shah have assembled a collection of faces and names and fascinating life stories of a range of Chinese people. The contributors are some of the best-known writers on China today, and from every layer of society and every walk of life, the Chinese characters they have portrayed give readers a privileged glimpse inside a country that is bubbling with diversity and change." -Rob Gifford, China Editor, The Economist and author of China Road
"What makes Chinese Characters such an enjoyable read is that it is a mosaic of engrossing portraits that allows the endless paradoxes of China to come alive in myriad enthralling ways. While the contributors obviously possess a depth of professional and scholarly knowledge about China, what distinguishes their offerings here is vivid and evocative writing that shows rather than tells. You will not only learn from this book, but enjoy it."--Orville Schell, The Arthur Ross Director, The Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society, New York City
"Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Angilee Shah have assembled one of the most engaging, compelling narratives about China - past and present - that I've ever read. The contributors take us on journeys across contemporary Chinese landscapes in a wonderful range of tones and voices, mountains and cities. I can't wait to pass this on."--Susan Straight, Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing, UC Riverside
"One of the frustrating challenges of teaching Chinese culture classes to American college students is dispelling the myth of a homogeneous 'Chinese people', supposedly acting and reacting in unison to the events and problems in their country. It often takes students an entire semester living in China to erase this misconception. A short-cut solution to this problem is the new addition to the China 'required reading' booklist, Angilee Shah and Jeff Wasserstrom's co-edited volume Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land, an eye-opening collection of vignettes and case studies that conveys the great diversity of lifestyles and worldviews in this country of 1.3 billion. Following on the heels of Wasserstrom's valuable macroscopic cultural handbook, China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, this collection Chinese Characters zooms in for fascinating - and often uncomfortable - close-ups of Chinese individuals and the variegated fabric of their lives. My new list of essentials for students traveling to China for the first time: your passport, your plane ticket, and a copy of Chinese Characters."--David Moser, Academic Director, CET Beijing Chinese Studies
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- Title Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land
- Author Angilee Shah (Editor); Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom (Editor); Foreword by Pankaj Mishra
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 244
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press
- Date 2012-09-28
- Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780520270275 / 0520270274
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 in (22.61 x 14.73 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Chinese
- Library of Congress subjects China - Social life and customs, National characteristics, Chinese
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012004374
- Dewey Decimal Code 951
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 07/30/2012, Page 53
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