LEADER 03595nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910825765703321 005 20230617004227.0 010 $a1-281-36545-9 010 $a9786611365455 010 $a1-4039-8207-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342697 035 $a(EBL)307838 035 $a(OCoLC)560468858 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000166024 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11161147 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166024 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10160728 035 $a(PQKB)10720362 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8207-0 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307838 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135666 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136545 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307838 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342697 100 $a20050425d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGrowing up in the People's Republic$b[electronic resource] $econversations between two daughters of China's revolution /$fYe Weili with Ma Xiaodong 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 225 1 $aPalgrave studies in oral history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4039-6996-5 311 $a1-4039-6995-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [157]-165) and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aIn a conversational style and in chronological sequence, Ye Weili and Ma Xiaodong recount their earlier lives in China from the 1950's to the 1980's, a particularly eventful period that included the catastrophic Cultural Revolution. Using their own stories as two case studies, they examine the making of a significant yet barely understood generation in recent Chinese history. They also reflect upon the mixed legacy of the early decades of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In doing so, the book strives for a balance between critical scrutiny of a complex era and the sweeping rejection of that era that recent victim literature embraces. Ultimately Ye and Ma intend to reconnect themselves to a piece of land and a period of history that have given them a sense of who they are. Their stories contain intertwining layers of personal, generational, and historical experiences. Unlike other memoirs that were written soon after the events of the Cultural Revolution, Ye and Ma's narratives have been put together some twenty years later, allowing for more critical distance. The passage of time has allowed them to consider important issues that other accounts omit, such as the impact of gender during this period of radical change in Chinese women's lives. 410 0$aPalgrave studies in oral history. 607 $aChina$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aChina$xHistory$yCultural Revolution, 1966-1976$vPersonal narratives 676 $a951.05/6 700 $aYe$b Weili$01621073 701 $aMa$b Xiaodong$01094789 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825765703321 996 $aGrowing up in the People's Republic$94026295 997 $aUNINA