Homesickness

Homesickness
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9780674743946
ISBN-13 : 0674743946
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Book Synopsis Homesickness by : Carlos Rojas

Download or read book Homesickness written by Carlos Rojas and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an understanding of "home-sickness" as the alienation caused by being too close to home, rather than too far away. Views this "sickness" as a precondition for health, as portrayed by writers in China, Greater China, and the diaspora from late Imperial to contemporary times.


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