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050 00 $aPN4874.G747$bA3 2004
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100 1 $aElizondo Griest, Stephanie,$d1974-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003047887
245 10 $aAround the bloc :$bmy life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana /$cStephanie Elizando Griest.
260 $aNew York :$bVillard,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $axiii, 399 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [371]-383) and index.
520 1 $a"Desperate to escape south Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent. So she headed to Russia looking for some excitement - commencing what would become a four-year, twelve-nation Communist bloc tour that shattered her preconceived notions of the "Evil Empire."" "In Around the Bloc, Griest relates her experiences as a volunteer at a children's shelter in Moscow, a propaganda polisher at the office of the Chinese Communist Party's English-language mouthpiece in Beijing, and a belly dancer among the rumba queens of Havana. She falls in love with an ex-soldier who narrowly avoided radiation cleanup duties at Chernobyl, hangs out with Cuban hip-hop artists, and comes to difficult realizations about the meaning of democracy." "This is the story of a young journalist driven by a desire to witness the effects of Communism. Along the way, she learns the Russian mathematical equation for buying dinner-party vodka (one bottle per guest, plus an extra), stumbles upon Beijing's underground gay scene, marches with 100,000 mothers demanding Elian Gonzalez's return to Cuba, and gains a new appreciation for the Mexican culture she left behind."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aElizondo Griest, Stephanie,$d1974-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003047887
650 0 $aJournalists$zUnited States$vDiaries.
650 0 $aMexican American women$zTexas$vDiaries.
650 0 $aMexican Americans and mass media.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084509
650 0 $aCommunism and society$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aChina$xDescription and travel.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024006
651 0 $aCuba$xDescription and travel.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034551
651 0 $aRussia (Federation)$xDescription and travel.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116754
852 00 $boff,jou$hPN4874.G747$iA3 2004