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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151630203321

Autore

Li Han Z (Han Zao), <1956->

Titolo

The water lily pond [[electronic resource] ] : a village women's journey in Maoist China / / Han Z. Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-55458-732-8

1-280-92580-9

9786610925803

1-55458-104-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Life writing series

Disciplina

C813/.6

Soggetti

Electronic books.

China History 1949-1976 Fiction

Chine Histoire 1949-1976 Romans, nouvelles, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; Acknowledgments; Life Writing Series

Sommario/riassunto

This evocative narrative draws us into the inner life of a young Chinese peasant girl, May-ping, and her first glimmerings of youthful love and idealism under the Maoist regime in China. As she grows into a mature woman, she becomes increasingly aware of the strife around her.     An intelligent girl born into a Poor-Class family in a small village in rural China, she is, because of the Maoist policy towards such families, able to pursue her dream of going to university. To her surprise, urban snobbery and ""student thought-spying"" at university make it essential for her to hide her