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Polite lies : on being a woman caught between cultures / Kyoko Mori.

By: Mori, Kyoko.
New York, NY, USA : Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 1997Edition: First edition.Description: 258 pages ; 22 cm.ISBN: 080504079X (alk. paper).Subject(s): Mori, Kyoko | Japanese American women -- Middle West -- Biography | Women -- Middle West -- Biography | Women -- Middle West -- Social life and customs | Women -- Japan -- Social life and customs | Middle West -- BiographyDDC classification: 305.488956073092 M82 Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher description
Contents:
Chapter One LANGUAGE 3 (17) Chapter Two FAMILY 20 (16) Chapter Three SECRETS 36 (25) Chapter Four RITUALS 61 (21) Chapter Five A WOMAN'S PLACE 82 (25) Chapter Six BODIES 107 (28) Chapter Seven SYMBOLS 135 (26) Chapter Eight SCHOOL 161 (20) Chapter Nine TEARS 181 (27) Chapter Ten LIES 208 (24) Chapter Eleven SAFETY 232 (16) Chapter Twelve HOME 248
Summary: The author describes being caught between the Japanese culture of her childhood and the American ways of her adulthood in the Midwest
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Chapter One LANGUAGE
3 (17)
Chapter Two FAMILY
20 (16)
Chapter Three SECRETS
36 (25)
Chapter Four RITUALS
61 (21)
Chapter Five A WOMAN'S PLACE
82 (25)
Chapter Six BODIES
107 (28)
Chapter Seven SYMBOLS
135 (26)
Chapter Eight SCHOOL
161 (20)
Chapter Nine TEARS
181 (27)
Chapter Ten LIES
208 (24)
Chapter Eleven SAFETY
232 (16)
Chapter Twelve HOME
248

The author describes being caught between the Japanese culture of her childhood and the American ways of her adulthood in the Midwest

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

Text in English

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