Dreams of Flight. The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the West, Paperback - Fran Martin

Fran Martin explores how young Chinese women negotiate competing pressures on their identity while studying abroad, between expectations of fulfill...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Dana PolanIllustration(s): 25 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimens...

Buss has compiled the stories of 10 lower-income women, told in their own words

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