Snow Flower and the Secret Fan *0.78 PS-PPO
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu (“women’s writing”). Some girls were paired with laotongs, “old sames,” in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handkerchiefs, and composed stories, thereby reaching out of their isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. (0.78 PPO Professional Studies CEUs)
Project Requirements: Read the book and respond to 13 short essay questions totaling a 3,000 word minimum.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu (“women’s writing”). Some girls were paired with laotongs, “old sames,” in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handkerchiefs, and composed stories, thereby reaching out of their isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. (0.78 PPO Professional Studies CEUs)
Project Requirements: Read the book and respond to 13 short essay questions totaling a 3,000 word minimum.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu (“women’s writing”). Some girls were paired with laotongs, “old sames,” in emotional matches that lasted throughout their lives. They painted letters on fans, embroidered messages on handkerchiefs, and composed stories, thereby reaching out of their isolation to share their hopes, dreams, and accomplishments. (0.78 PPO Professional Studies CEUs)
Project Requirements: Read the book and respond to 13 short essay questions totaling a 3,000 word minimum.
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