03595nam 2200613Ia 450 991082576570332120230617004227.01-281-36545-997866113654551-4039-8207-4(CKB)1000000000342697(EBL)307838(OCoLC)560468858(SSID)ssj0000166024(PQKBManifestationID)11161147(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166024(PQKBWorkID)10160728(PQKB)10720362(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8207-0(Au-PeEL)EBL307838(CaPaEBR)ebr10135666(CaONFJC)MIL136545(MiAaPQ)EBC307838(EXLCZ)99100000000034269720050425d2005 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccrGrowing up in the People's Republic[electronic resource] conversations between two daughters of China's revolution /Ye Weili with Ma Xiaodong1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20051 online resource (202 p.)Palgrave studies in oral historyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4039-6996-5 1-4039-6995-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-165) and index.Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Foreword; Explanation of Chinese Names; Chronology of Major Events in China: 1949-Present; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE "Even If You Cut It, It Will Not Come Apart"; TWO "Flowers of the Nation"; THREE From Paper Crown to Leather Belt; FOUR Up to the Mountains, Down to the Countryside; FIVE Worker-Peasant-Soldier Students; SIX The Reform Era; Afterword; Glossary; Notes; IndexIn a conversational style and in chronological sequence, Ye Weili and Ma Xiaodong recount their earlier lives in China from the 1950's to the 1980's, a particularly eventful period that included the catastrophic Cultural Revolution. Using their own stories as two case studies, they examine the making of a significant yet barely understood generation in recent Chinese history. They also reflect upon the mixed legacy of the early decades of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In doing so, the book strives for a balance between critical scrutiny of a complex era and the sweeping rejection of that era that recent victim literature embraces. Ultimately Ye and Ma intend to reconnect themselves to a piece of land and a period of history that have given them a sense of who they are. Their stories contain intertwining layers of personal, generational, and historical experiences. Unlike other memoirs that were written soon after the events of the Cultural Revolution, Ye and Ma's narratives have been put together some twenty years later, allowing for more critical distance. The passage of time has allowed them to consider important issues that other accounts omit, such as the impact of gender during this period of radical change in Chinese women's lives.Palgrave studies in oral history.ChinaHistory20th centuryChinaHistoryCultural Revolution, 1966-1976Personal narratives951.05/6Ye Weili1621073Ma Xiaodong1094789MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825765703321Growing up in the People's Republic4026295UNINA