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The girl at the baggage claim, explaining the East-West culture gap, Gish Jen

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The girl at the baggage claim, explaining the East-West culture gap, Gish Jen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The girl at the baggage claim

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951753755

Responsibility statement

Gish Jen

Sub title

explaining the East-West culture gap

Summary

"A personal, provocative, informative, and entertaining study of the different idea Asians and Westerners have of the self and how this plays out in our differing approaches to art, learning, politics, business, and almost everything else"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Part I: We edit the world -- Three edits -- A telling irritation -- Some helpful background -- Part II: The flexi-self -- What is a flexi-self? -- Boundary blurring -- The genius and the master -- Testing, testing -- Patterns and training -- Part III: The big pit self -- How WEIRD we are -- America, an explanation -- Part IV: Meetings and mixings -- Our talking, our selves -- In praise of Ambidependence -- Greatness in two flavors

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