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Four Sisters of Hofei : A History by Annping Chin (2002, Hardcover)
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PublisherScribner
ISBN-10068487377X
ISBN-139780684873770
eBay Product ID (ePID)27038681144
Product Key Features
Book TitleFour Sisters of Hofei : a History
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
TopicGeneral, Women's Studies, Asia / China, Customs & Traditions
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorAnnping Chin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight20.6 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-073343
ReviewsJohn Hollanderauthor ofRhyme's Reason: A Guide to English VerseAnnping Chin's imaginative narrative structure, lucid and forceful prose, and beautiful translations of poetry make for a fascinating and moving book about four sisters whose education and active lives in modern China span the twentieth century. History, literature, and family dynamics are all at play in a book deeply concerned with the acquisition and transmission of knowledge itself., Orville Schellauthor ofMandate of Heaven: Tiananmen Square and the Next Generation of China's LeadersFor anyone interested in glimpsing backward to what intellectual life in prerevolutionary China was like,Four Sisters of Hofeiprovides a wonderful window into this historical moment when traditional Chinese culture mixed with modern Western culture to form a cosmopolitan synthesis. The remembrances, diaries, letters, and family histories of these four Chinese sisters allow Annping Chin to weave a tableau of life now lost forever that is at once concrete and fascinating., Hannah Pakulaauthor ofAn Uncommon Woman: The Empress FrederickAnnping Chin's new book will fascinate both the passionate Sinophile and the ordinary reader. It is the true story of four Chinese sisters born in the early years of the last century, all highly educated, all still alive -- women who survived the excesses of three revolutions: the Republican, the Communist, and the Cultural. A revelation of social and cultural life in pre-Communist, upper-class China, it is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamics of family relationships under the best and worst of conditions.
Table Of ContentContents AcknowledgmentsThe Chang FamilyPrologueChapter 1:The WeddingChapter 2:BirthChapter 3:Reasons for MovingChapter 4:The Hofei SpiritChapter 5:GrandmotherChapter 6:MotherChapter 7:FatherChapter 8:The SchoolChapter 9:Nurse-NanniesChapter 10:Yuan-hoChapter 11:Yun-hoChapter 12:Chao-hoChapter 13:Ch'ung-hoA Note on SourcesNotesBibliographyIndex
SynopsisThe true story of four sisters born between 1907 and 1914 in China, "Four Sisters of Hofei" is an intimate encounter with history. The Chang sisters lived through a period of astounding change and into the twenty-first century. Unusual opportunities and an extraordinary family education launched them into varied worlds -- those of the theater, modern literature, classical studies, and calligraphy -- but their collective experience offers a cohesive portrait of a land in transition. With the benefit of letters, diaries, poetry, and interviews, writer and historian Annping Chin shapes the Chang sisters' stories into a composite history steeped in China's artistic tradition and intertwined with the political unrest and social revolutions of the twentieth century., Not since "Wild Swans" has the history of China been so intimately encountered: Through the stories of four sisters born between 1908 and 1914, a renowned historian brings to life a century of Chinese culture. 8 photos throughout., Four Sisters of Hofeiis an intimate encounter with Chinese history, told through the collective memory and stories of four sisters born between 1908 and 1924, and with the benefit of the extraordinary knowledge of Yale historian Annping Chin.Now in their late eighties and early nineties, the Chang sisters lived through a century of historic change in China. In this extraordinary work, assembled with the benefit of letter, diaries, family histories, poetry, journals, and interviews, Annping Chin shapes the story of this family into a riveting chronicle that provides uncanny insight into the old China and its transition to the new.From their father, the Chang sister inherited reason and a belief in the virtues of modern education. From their mother they learned about the human spirit and the art of finding an appropriate path. Their nurse-nannies -- uneducated widows from the Hofei countryside -- contributed their own traditional beliefs and opinions on modern ways. As the sisters grew up, one broke with tradition to marry an actor, one survived the most violent political years of Communist rule, one married one of China's greatest novelists, and one, raised separately by her devout Buddhist great-aunt, was taught to be a rigorous practitioner of China's classical arts.The Chang sisters' prolific correspondence provides a rare glimpse of private life in China during the twentieth century, as well as a chronicle of the country from prosperity to persecution, from foreign wars to Cultural Revolution. In Chin's expert prose,Four Sisters of Hofeiis an intensely person story that illustrates the complex history of a complex land.
LC Classification NumberCT3710.C485 2002
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