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Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China / Aminta Arrington.

Title
Home is a roof over a pig : an American family's journey in China / Aminta Arrington.
Author
Arrington, Aminta
Publication
New York, NY : Overlook Press, 2012.

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319 p. : map; 24 cm.
Summary
A military wife, university instructor, and mother of three children including an adopted Chinese daughter recounts her experiences while stationed in a small town in China, where her efforts to adapt are challenged by propaganda-related belief systems and her family's decidedly American perspectives.
Subject
  • Arrington, Aminta
  • Arrington, Aminta > Family
  • 2000-2099
  • Americans > Tai'an (Shandong Sheng)
  • Adopted children
  • China > Social life and customs > 21st century
  • Tai'an (Shandong Sheng, China) > Biography
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-316).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Gate -- Home -- Teach -- Population -- Learn -- The exam -- Winter -- Mountains, water -- Foreign -- Independence -- Mount Tai -- Words -- God -- Countryside -- Return -- Familiar -- Same -- Tired -- Contradiction -- Identity -- Cold -- Christmas -- Unique -- The Kitchen God -- Silk -- Hong Kong -- Egg -- Language -- The West -- Woman -- Sports -- Freedom -- Relationships.
ISBN
  • 9781590208991 (hbk.) :
  • 1590208994 (hbk.)
OCLC
759173570
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library