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Lou, Sheldon

Sparrows, Bedbugs, and Body Shadows : A Memoir / Sheldon Lou. - 1 online resource (264 p.) - Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies ; 17 .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Donkey Meat -- 2. Turtle in Steamer -- 3. Sparrows -- 4. Body Shadows -- 5. Fried Steel -- 6. Bedbugs -- 7. Grain Amplifier -- 8. Old Elm -- 9. Straw Hat -- 10. Wedding -- 11. Verdant City -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author

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Growing up in revolutionary China, Sheldon (Xicheng) Lou was among the millions forced to adopt the goals of Mao's new society. His captivating memoir, written against the backdrop of the early decades of the People's Republic, offers a rare and personal look at China's dream of a Communist paradise-from Mao's preposterous campaign to rid the country of sparrows to the communes and backyard steel-making of the Great Leap Forward to the madness of the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780824829032 9780824873974

Standard No.: 10.1515/9780824873974 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
HISTORY / Asia / China.

LC Class. No.: DS778.L624 / A3 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 951.05/092