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The Resource Yin-yang : American perspectives on living in China, edited by Alice Renouf and Mary Beth Ryan-Maher

Yin-yang : American perspectives on living in China, edited by Alice Renouf and Mary Beth Ryan-Maher

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Summary
"China has become one of the largest study and teach-abroad, travel, and business destinations in the world. Yet few books offer a diversity of perspectives and locales for Westerners considering the leap. This unique collection of letters offers a rarely seen, intimate, and refreshingly honest view of living and working in China. Here, ordinary people-students, teachers, professionals, and parents-recount their experiences in venues ranging from classrooms to marketplaces to holy mountains. The writers are genuine participants in the daily life of their adopted country, and woven through their correspondence is the compelling theme of outsiders coping in a culture that is vastly foreign to them and the underlying love-hate struggle it engenders. Written in a down-to-earth, personal, often humorous, always authentic style, these tales of trials, successes, and failures offer invaluable insight into a country that remains endlessly fascinating to Westerners"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxiv, 220 pages
Contents
  • China arrival : settling in can be so unsettling
  • Teaching : a seriously exhausting endeavor!
  • Cross-cultural experiences : Which side of the mirror am I on?
  • Day-to-day living : think Chinese, be Chinese
  • Travel : from Shanghai skyscrapers to the bamboo houses of Xishuangbanna
  • Families coping : babies, rabies, scabies, and flu, no problem
  • Going home : Man zou, Zhongguo! (Take it easy, China!)
  • Epilogue : looking back
Isbn
9781442212701
Instance
Label
Yin-yang : American perspectives on living in China
Title
Yin-yang
Title remainder
American perspectives on living in China
Statement of responsibility
edited by Alice Renouf and Mary Beth Ryan-Maher
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"China has become one of the largest study and teach-abroad, travel, and business destinations in the world. Yet few books offer a diversity of perspectives and locales for Westerners considering the leap. This unique collection of letters offers a rarely seen, intimate, and refreshingly honest view of living and working in China. Here, ordinary people-students, teachers, professionals, and parents-recount their experiences in venues ranging from classrooms to marketplaces to holy mountains. The writers are genuine participants in the daily life of their adopted country, and woven through their correspondence is the compelling theme of outsiders coping in a culture that is vastly foreign to them and the underlying love-hate struggle it engenders. Written in a down-to-earth, personal, often humorous, always authentic style, these tales of trials, successes, and failures offer invaluable insight into a country that remains endlessly fascinating to Westerners"--
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Provided by publisher
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DLC
Dewey number
951.061/1
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
DS779.23
LC item number
.Y56 2012
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1946-
  • 1967-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Renouf, Alice
  • Ryan-Maher, Mary Beth
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Americans
  • China
  • China
  • TRAVEL / Asia / China
Label
Yin-yang : American perspectives on living in China, edited by Alice Renouf and Mary Beth Ryan-Maher
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
China arrival : settling in can be so unsettling -- Teaching : a seriously exhausting endeavor! -- Cross-cultural experiences : Which side of the mirror am I on? -- Day-to-day living : think Chinese, be Chinese -- Travel : from Shanghai skyscrapers to the bamboo houses of Xishuangbanna -- Families coping : babies, rabies, scabies, and flu, no problem -- Going home : Man zou, Zhongguo! (Take it easy, China!) -- Epilogue : looking back
Control code
742512291
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxiv, 220 pages
Isbn
9781442212701
Isbn Type
(paper : alk. paper)
Lccn
2011034074
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)742512291
Label
Yin-yang : American perspectives on living in China, edited by Alice Renouf and Mary Beth Ryan-Maher
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
China arrival : settling in can be so unsettling -- Teaching : a seriously exhausting endeavor! -- Cross-cultural experiences : Which side of the mirror am I on? -- Day-to-day living : think Chinese, be Chinese -- Travel : from Shanghai skyscrapers to the bamboo houses of Xishuangbanna -- Families coping : babies, rabies, scabies, and flu, no problem -- Going home : Man zou, Zhongguo! (Take it easy, China!) -- Epilogue : looking back
Control code
742512291
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxiv, 220 pages
Isbn
9781442212701
Isbn Type
(paper : alk. paper)
Lccn
2011034074
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)742512291

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