Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land

by Xujun Eberlein, Ian Johnson, Dashka Slater

Book Overview

An artist paints landscapes of faraway places that she cannot identify in order to find her place in the global economy. A migrant worker sorts recyclables and thinks deeply about the soul of his country, while a Taoist mystic struggles to keep his traditions alive. An entrepreneur capitalizes on a growing car culture by trying to convince people not to buy cars. And a 90-year-old woman remembers how the oldest neighborhoods of her city used to be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520270274
• ISBN13: 9780520270275
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.9"