The hidden voices Xinran 1958- creator Tyldesley, Esther. text biography nyu New York Pantheon Books c2002 2002 1st American ed. monographic eng chi

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xii, 243 p. ; 22 cm. An unprecedented, intimate account of the lives of modern Chinese women, told by the women themselves--true stories of the political and personal upheavals they have endured in their chaotic and repressive society. Prologue -- My journey towards the stories of Chinese women -- Girl who kept a fly as a pet -- University student -- Scavenger woman -- Mothers who endured an earthquake -- What Chinese women believe -- Woman who loved women -- Woman whose marriage was arranged by the revolution -- My mother -- Woman who waited forty-five years -- Guomindang general's daughter -- Childhood I cannot leave behind me -- Woman whose father does not know her -- Fashionable woman -- Women of Shouting Hill -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements. Xinran ; translated from Chinese by Esther Tyldesley. a-cc--- Women China Social conditions Women China Biography HQ1767 .X56 2002 951.050922 0375422013 9780375422010 JRZ 021008 20230410120718.0 77858