Students and Teachers of the New China: Thirteen Interviews

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McFarland, Nov 1, 2014 - Education - 207 pages

In this collection of interviews with students and teachers in Hangzhou, China, the reader meets a student at Zhejiang university, majoring in English and studying Japanese and Italian; a teacher who spent his childhood as a "little Red Guard" of the Cultural Revolution and went on to study in England; a young girl who dreams of princesses and romance, and another who wants to be a backpacker when she grows up; and more. Ranging in age from 7 to 52, the thirteen interviewees represent a cross-section of Chinese culture and experience, with various levels of social status, education, and economic standing. Their words, supplemented by the author's detailed descriptions of their surroundings and daily activities, offer a fresh perspective on life in present-day China.

 

Contents

Urban Undergraduates Born in the 1980s
33
Rural Students Born in the 1980s
57
An Xin Born in the 1980s
83
TEACHERS
103
Born in the 1970s
107
Born in the 1960s and 1950s
130
FACES OF THE FUTURE
151
Born in the 1990s
155
Conclusion
174
Bibliography
197
Index
199
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About the author (2014)

Historian Madelyn Holmes has written for The Christian Science Monitor and The Geographical Magazine. A recent visiting professor of English at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, she lives in Burlington, Vermont.

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