Illuminations from the Past: Trauma, Memory, and History in Modern China (Cultural Memory in the Present)

Illuminations from the Past: Trauma, Memory, and History in Modern China (Cultural Memory in the Present)

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Illuminations from the Past: Trauma, Memory, and History in Modern China (Cultural Memory in the Present)

Illuminations from the Past: Trauma, Memory, and History in Modern China (Cultural Memory in the Present)

Written by Ban Wang
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Publisher Stanford University Press
Published October 8, 2004
ISBN 1668459
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Ban Wang is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Ban Wang can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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