In search of Red Buddha : higher education in China after Mao Zedong, 1985-1990 / Nancy Lynch Street.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Street, Nancy Lynch.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--China--History--1976-.

Education.

China--Intellectual life--1976-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

1st International Debate Education Association ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : International Debate Education Association, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Search of Red Buddha, first published in 1992, encompasses the experiences of two student/faculty exchanges sponsored by Bridgewater State College and Shanxi Teachers's University (Linfen, PRC) in the mid- to late-1980s. Much to her surprise, Professor Street discovered (shortly after her arrival) that Linfen had previously been used as a "natural" prison for perceived dissidents during the Cultural Revolution. For many, Street was the first Westerner they'd ever seen. The book includes dozens of interviews with Communist Party members as well as Street's day-to-day experiences as an American faculty member living in rural China - her daily adventures buying and cooking food as well as her comical forays at the local post office and train station.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Important dates

Traveller's Map

Author's Note

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter I A JOURNEY TO THE EAST

Chapter II " DUE TO THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF CHINA...."

Chapter III LETTERS FROM CHINA, FALL 1985

Chapter IV THE GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION: THE RHETORIC AND THEREALITY

Chapter V CHILD OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION

Chapter VI WINTER

Chapter VII SPRING 1986 -THE EAST IS RED?

Chapter VIII MOVING ON

Chapter IX THE VIEW FROM CHINA

Chapter X THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Glossary

Bibliography.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : P. Lang, c1992. With new foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-61770-034-7

1-4175-7595-6

OCLC:

614549333