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Foreign Exchange: Counterculture behind the Walls of St. Hilda's School for Girls, 1929–1937
Judith Liu
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Description for Foreign Exchange: Counterculture behind the Walls of St. Hilda's School for Girls, 1929–1937
hardcover. Series: Series in Christianity in China. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Foreign Exchange is the story of Yeh Yuanshuang and Dorothea Kingsley Wakeman and their experiences at the American missionary school. Founded in 1875, the school that would become St. Hilda's School for Girls was intended to provide a strong, Christian education for its students. Daily student-teacher interactions, however, created an environment that allowed for a foreign exchange which led to the creation of a new culture that subverted both American and Chinese gender constructs. The walls that surrounded the St. Hilda's compound not only served to protect the school from outside danger, but to also create a space where new ... Read more
Foreign Exchange is the story of Yeh Yuanshuang and Dorothea Kingsley Wakeman and their experiences at the American missionary school. Founded in 1875, the school that would become St. Hilda's School for Girls was intended to provide a strong, Christian education for its students. Daily student-teacher interactions, however, created an environment that allowed for a foreign exchange which led to the creation of a new culture that subverted both American and Chinese gender constructs. The walls that surrounded the St. Hilda's compound not only served to protect the school from outside danger, but to also create a space where new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lehigh University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Series in Christianity in China
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611460049
SKU
V9781611460049
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About Judith Liu
Judith Liu is professor of sociology at the University of San Diego.
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