Hygiene, Sociality, and Culture in Contemporary Rural China

The Uncanny New Village

AvLili Lai

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This book presents a new perspective on attempts by the contemporary Chinese government to transform the diverse conditions found in countless rural villages into what the state's social welfare program deems 'socialist new villages'.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-10-14
Mått:156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:544 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Environment and Society in Asia
Antal sidor:248
Upplaga:0
Förlag:Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:9789089648464

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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.

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"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.

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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