Chinese Pursuit of Happiness

Anxieties, Hopes, and Moral Tensions in Everyday Life

AvBecky Yang Hsu,Richard Madsen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

What defines "happiness," and how can we attain it? The ways in which people in China ask and answer this universal question tell a lot about the tensions and challenges they face during periods of remarkable political and economic change.Based on a five-year original study conducted by a select team of China experts, The Chinese Pursuit of Happiness begins by asking if Chinese citizens’ assessment of their life is primarily a judgment of their social relationships. The book shows how different dimensions of happiness are manifest in the moral and ethical understandings that embed individuals in specific communities. Vividly describing the moral dilemmas experienced in contemporary Chinese society, the rituals of happiness performed in modern weddings, the practices of conviviality carried out in shared meals, the professional tensions confronted by social workers, and the hopes and frustrations shared by political reformers, the contributors to this important study illuminate the causes of anxiety and reasons for hope in China today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-09-24
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520306318

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Asiens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Becky Yang Hsu is Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and the author of Borrowing Together. Richard Madsen is Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, San Diego, and the author of numerous books on Chinese societies.

Recensioner i media

"This book is one of those rare edited volumes where all chapters are of high quality: beautifully written, theoretically thoughtful, and empirically grounded. The book is strongly recommended for anyone interested in the sociology of morality, cultural sociology, and contemporary China."

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionBecky Yang Hsu1. The Changing Notion of Happiness: A History of XingfuLang Chen2. Having It All: Filial Piety, Moral Weighting, and Anxiety among Young AdultsBecky Yang Hsu3. Performing Happiness for Self and Others: Weddings in ShanghaiDeborah S. Davis4. Happy and Unhappy Meals: Culinary Expressions of the Good Life in ShanghaiJames Farrer5. Making the People or the Government Happy? Dilemmas of Social Workers in a Morally Pluralistic SocietyRichard Madsen6. Deriving Happiness from Making Society Better: Chinese Activists as Warring GodsChih-Jou Jay ChenEpilogueRichard MadsenReferencesContributorsIndex

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