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Jen, Gish, author.
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East and West.
Social psychology.
Culture conflict.
Culture.
International relations.
International economic relations.
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The girl at the bagg...
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The girl at the baggage claim : explaining the East-West culture gap / Gish Jen.
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Jen, Gish, author.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Subjects
East and West.
Social psychology.
Culture conflict.
Culture.
International relations.
International economic relations.
ISBN:
9781101947821 (hardcover) :
1101947829 (hardcover)
Description:
xviii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Part I: We edit the world -- Three edits -- A telling irritation -- Some helpful background -- Part II: The flexi-self -- What is a flexi-self? -- Boundary blurring -- The genius and the master -- Testing, testing -- Patterns and training -- Part III: The big pit self -- How WEIRD we are -- America, an explanation -- Part IV: Meetings and mixings -- Our talking, our selves -- In praise of Ambidependence -- Greatness in two flavors.
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"A personal, provocative, informative, and entertaining study of the different idea Asians and Westerners have of the self and how this plays out in our differing approaches to art, learning, politics, business, and almost everything else"--
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