Hygiene, Sociality, and Culture in Contemporary Rural China

Dr. Lili Lai, Institute of Medical Humanities, guest editor of a special issue entitled "The Local Intimacies of China's Rural-Urban Divide" of Positions Volume 22, Issue 3, 2014, Duke University Press.

"This is an engaging anthropological exploration of the rural-urban divide and its focus on hygiene is important as it is a much neglected topic. The book will be of interest to not just China scholars but development studies, cultural studies and related fields too." - Susan Engel, newbooks.asia, read the full review here.

• PREFACE CHAPTER ONE: THE LOCAL INTIMACIES OF CHINA'S RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF SHANG VILLAGE CHAPTER TWO: DIRT, HYGIENE, HABITUS CHAPTER THREE: IMMANENT SOCIALITY: OPEN-ENDED BELONGING CHAPTER FOUR: CULTURE PLAZA - WHY CULTURE? WHOSE PLAZA? CHAPTER FIVE: THE UNCANNY NEW VILLAGE REFERENCES