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

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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.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
"From the acclaimed writer Gish Jen: a provocative and important study of East-West differences in the idea of self and what this means for our art, education, geopolitics, and business. Never have East and West come as close as they are today, yet we are still baffled by each other and our worldviews remain at odds. What's more important--self-definition or self-sacrifice? Is our mantra "To thine own self be true"? Or do we ultimately answer to something larger than ourselves--a family, religion, or troop? And are some of us simultaneously "Western" and "Eastern"--independent and interdependent--and what does that mean? Jen, drawing on a treasure trove of stories and personal anecdotes, as well as cutting-edge research, reveals how what cultural psychologists call "independent" and "interdependent" models of selfhood shape our worlds. Coloring what we perceive, remember, do, make, and tell, and imbuing everything from our ideas about copying to our comfort with speaking in class to the way we see human rights, these models help explain why the United States produced Apple and why China created Alibaba. What's more, as Jen shows, they give us insight into people from other parts of the world as well, including British math students, Israeli job hunters, and hyperactive French school children. As engaging as it is fascinating, The Girl at the Baggage Claim is a book that stands to profoundly transform and enrich our understanding of ourselves and our time."--Jacket.

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