Hans Steinmuller

Communities of Complicity

Everyday Ethics in Rural China

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Produktbeschreibung

Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of everyday life in rural China.

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Produktdetails

• Dislocations
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9780857458902
• ISBN-10: 0857458906
• Artikelnr.: 41049008

Autorenporträt

Hans SteinmA¿ller is Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and convenor of the MSc China in Comparative Perspective at the London School of Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Text
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Remote Place from Three Angles
Chapter 2. Gabled Roofs and Concrete Ceilings
Chapter 3. Work Through the Food Basket
Chapter 4. Channelling Along a Centering Path
Chapter 5. The Embarrassment of Li
Chapter 6. Gambling and the Moving Boundaries of Social Heat
Chapter 7. Face Projects in Rural Construction
Conclusion: Everyday Ethics, Cultural Intimacy, and Irony
Appendix A: Newspaper Report
Appendix B: Expenses for the Construction of a House
Appendix C: List of Money Gifts and Tasks
Appendix D: Subsidies Given to Three Households
Glossary
Bibliography