Roman som skildrer en gruppe studerende i USA, der alle på en eller anden led har problemer med deres identitet
Follows the adventures of three young Turks loose in America as they negotiate their desires in a land that seems to allow limitless indulgences.
The author continues to track the experiences of many of the initial cohort of Chinese only-children (now college-age) that were part of her 2004 groundbreaking ethnographic exploration of the social, economic, and psychological development of children born since China's one-chi…
All three women would go on to become icons, key figures in American cultural, intellectual, and political life, but when they embarked for France, they were young, uncertain about their future, and drawn to the culture and sophistication that only Paris could offer. Yet their b…
A year in Paris ... since World War II, countless American students have been lured by that vision-and been transformed by their sojourn in the City of Light. Dreaming in French tells three stories of that experience, and how it changed the lives of three extraordinary American …
"A year in Paris ... since World War II, countless American students have been transformed by their sojourn in the City of Light. Dreaming in French tells three stories of that experience, and how it changed the lives of three extraordinary American women. All three women would …
"The book contrasts the experiences of the Chinese Educational Mission students with those of other Chinese in the United States during a period of anti-Chinese sentiment, which was to culminate in the enactment ofChinese Exclusion in 1882"--Provided by publisher.