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The girl at the baggage claim : explaining the East-West culture gap / Gish Jen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jen, Gish, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East and West.
- Social psychology.
- Culture conflict.
- Culture.
- International relations.
- International economic relations.
- PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General.
- Local Subjects:
- PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
- 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.
- 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.
- Part I: We edit the world. Three edits
- The Asian paradox
- Part II: The flexi-self. What is a flexi-self?
- Part III: The big pit self. How WEIRD we are
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781101947821
- 1101947829
- OCLC:
- 951753755
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