For decades, anthropologist Hill Gates had waited for an
opportunity to get to know the citizens of China as she had done in
Taiwan -- face to face, over an extended period of time. At last in
the late 1980s she set out on an excursion to Sichuan Province.
That visit was the first of many she would make there on a
remarkable double adventure: to gain a deeper understanding of
Chinese women and to complete a difficult passage in her own life.
Looking for Cbengdu is her memoir of these trips. By turns
analytic, witty, and bittersweet, Gates's observations on
contemporary China are enlivened by a keen eye for the oddities of
human behavior, including her own.
The vast, inland province of Sichuan was the birthplace of the
Chinese economic reforms of the 1970s, and is now speeding from the
sixteenth to the twenty-first century. Was its economic boom
transforming women's lives, Gates wondered? After a generation of
socialist rule, would women risk the challenge of entrepreneurship?
A feminist, she was especially curious, to learn what Chinese of
both sexes defined as women's rights.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
