The pain and anguish she unearthed were more than she ever expected. Her only nourishment came from the scraps of food and knowledge her unpolluted peers discarded.ĭuring the brief "opening" of China in the 1980s and 1990s, she became the host of a popular radio show, and was able to travel the country and speak and listen to women who otherwise would not have been heard. 242 pages, cloth $24.īorn into a so-called capitalist household in the midst of China's Cultural Revolution, Xinran was labeled polluted and not allowed to play with other children or participate in school activities. The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:
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