{"product_id":"9781611460049","title":"Foreign Exchange: Counterculture behind the Walls of St. Hilda's School for Girls, 1929-1937","description":"\u003cp\u003eForeign Exchange: Counterculture behind the Walls of St. Hilda's School for Girls, 1929-1937 is the story of Yeh Yuanshuang and Dorothea Kingsley Wakeman and their experiences at the American missionary school in China. Founded in 1875, the school that would become St. Hilda's School for Girls was intended to provide a strong Christian education for its students. Daily student-teacher interactions, however, created an environment that allowed for a foreign exchange that led to the creation of a new culture that subverted both American and Chinese gender constructs. The walls that surrounded the St. Hilda's compound served not only to protect the school from outside danger but also to create a space where new gender expectations could be nurtured away from the gaze of prying eyes. For Dorothea, being a teacher allowed her to remain single yet still be engaged in a professional career that would not be as socially stigmatizing as it would be if she remained at home. For Yuanshuang, receiving an education expanded her aspirations beyond the traditionally prescribed roles of daughter, wife, and mother and showed her the value of meaningful work. Being at St. Hilda's permitted these privileged daughters-one the daughter of a well-respected lawyer, the other the daughter of a wealthy merchant family-to see possibilities for their lives that would not have been possible otherwise. Judith Liu Weaves together interviews of Yuanshuang and Dorothea as Well as interviews of other St. Hilda's teachers and students, never-before published letters Dorothea wrote to her parents, and extensive archival research to create a fascinating tale of their experiences as well as the history of St. Hilda's.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lehigh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057554800880,"sku":"9781611460049","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781611460049_p0.jpg?v=1763839245","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781611460049","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}