The Girl at the Baggage Claim
Explaining the East-West Culture Gap
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xviii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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.
Subjects:
East and West.
Social psychology.
Culture conflict.
Culture.
International relations.
International economic relations.
East and West.
Social psychology.
Culture conflict.
Culture.
International relations.
International economic relations.
ISBN:
9781101947821
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Jen | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Jen | Edgewood | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.