The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap

Synopsis

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-- 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. Gish Jen. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 277-295) And Index.