ISBN:
9780190640569
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 462 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.48/2510470904
Keywords:
Chinese--Soviet Union--History
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Chinese ; Soviet Union ; History
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China ; Relations ; Soviet Union
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Soviet Union ; Relations ; China
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Electronic books
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Biografie
Abstract:
From a debut author, an intimate, multigenerational narrative of the Russian and Chinese revolutions through the eyes of the Chinese youth who traveled to the Soviet Union and the fate of their blended offspring.
Abstract:
Cover -- Red at Heart -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue: At Vova's -- Introduction: Serious Romance -- Part I. First Encounters, circa 1921 -- 1. Emi's Adventures: Changsha-Paris-Moscow -- 2. Qu's Quest: Tolstoy and the Trans-Siberian Journey -- 3. New Youth, New Russians -- Part II. School Crushes, 1920s -- 4. School Dramas -- 5. Shanghai University and the Comintern Curriculum -- 6. A Crush on Russia: Qu's Female Protégés -- 7. Chiang Kaishek's Son in Red Wonderland -- 8. Heartbreak: The Demise of Qu -- Part III. Love Affairs, 1930s-1940s -- 9. Kolia the Chinese -- 10. Liza/Li: The Agitator and the Aristocrat -- 11. Emi/Eva: The Love Affairs of a Sino-Soviet Poet -- 12. The Legend of He Zizhen, Mao's Wife in Moscow -- 13. Sino-Soviet Love Children -- Part IV. Families, 1950s -- 14. Male Metaphors -- 15. Wang, Dasha, and Nastya: Russian Romance Redux -- 16. Legitimate Offspring: Chinese Students in 1950s Moscow -- 17. Female Families: Liza's Home, Eva's Adventures -- Part V. Last Kisses, 1960s and Beyond -- 18. The Split Within: Sino-Soviet Families under Pressure -- 19. Defiant Romantics: Ironies of Cultural Revolution -- 20. Nostalgia: Wang's Search -- Epilogue: At Yura's -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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