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Author	Jen, Gish.
Title	The girl at the baggage claim : explaining the East-West culture gap / Gish Jen.
Publication Info.	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	306.4 J	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First edition.
Description	xviii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-295) and index.
Contents	Part I: We edit the world -- Three edits -- A telling irritation -- Some helpful background -- The Asian paradox -- 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.
Subject	Western countries -- Social life and customs.
	Individualism.
	Ideals (Philosophy)
	Western countries -- History.
	East and West.
Added Title	Explaining the East-West culture gap
ISBN	9781101947821 (hardback)
	1101947829 (hardback)

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