Foreign Babes in Beijing Behind the Scenes of a New China

Name: Foreign Babes in Beijing Behind the Scenes of a New China
Price: 4.65 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780393328592

ISBN-10: 0393328597

ISBN-13: 9780393328592

Edition: N/A

Authors: Rachel DeWoskin

List price: $23.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $20.97

Marketplace

4 new & used from $4.65

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

A smart, funny, insightful peek into modern China through the eyes of a "foreign babe." "For a real insider's look at life in modern China, readers should turn to Rachel DeWoskin."Sophie Beach, The Economist Determined to broaden her cultural horizons and live a "fiery" life, twenty-one-year-old Rachel DeWoskin hops on a plane to Beijing to work for an American PR firm based in the busy capital. Before she knows it, she is not just exploring Chinese culture but also creating it as the sexy, aggressive, fearless Jiexi, the starring femme fatale in a wildly successful Chinese soap opera. Experiencing the cultural clashes in real life while performing a fictional version onscreen, DeWoskin…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 338
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Author's Note



Drop Trou



As You Wish



Concubines


Interlude: Biographies of Model Babes One: Anna



Passion


Interlude: Biographies of Model Babes Two: Kate



Love Business


Interlude: Biographies of Model Babes Three: Zhao Jun



Embracing Foreign Babes


Interlude: Biographies of Model Babes Four: Zhou Wen



Model Workers



Two Balls



Power of the Powerless


Notes


Acknowledgments