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'.
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
