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Sparrows, Bedbugs, and Body Shadows: A Memoir (Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Stud)
Sheldon Lou
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Description for Sparrows, Bedbugs, and Body Shadows: A Memoir (Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Stud)
Paperback. Growing up in revolutionary China, Sheldon (Xicheng) Lou was among the millions forced to adopt the goals of Mao's new society. His memoir, written against the backdrop of the early decades of the People's Republic, offers a personal look at China's dream of a Communist paradise. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGA; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Growing up in revolutionary China, Sheldon (Xicheng) Lou was among the millions forced to adopt the goals of Mao's new society. His captivating memoir, written against the backdrop of the early decades of the People's Republic, offers a rare and personal look at China's dream of a Communist paradise - from Mao's preposterous campaign to rid the country of sparrows to the communes and backyard steel-making of the Great Leap Forward to the madness of the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath.
Growing up in revolutionary China, Sheldon (Xicheng) Lou was among the millions forced to adopt the goals of Mao's new society. His captivating memoir, written against the backdrop of the early decades of the People's Republic, offers a rare and personal look at China's dream of a Communist paradise - from Mao's preposterous campaign to rid the country of sparrows to the communes and backyard steel-making of the Great Leap Forward to the madness of the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824829032
SKU
V9780824829032
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About Sheldon Lou
Sheldon Lou was born in Sichuan in 1941 and raised in Beijing. As a young graduate of Qinghua University, he spent ten months in a rural village as a working team member and returned to the capital in time to witness the birth of the Cultural Revolution. Three years later he was ordered to a factory in Inner Mongolia, where ... Read more
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