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Dislocating China
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Author : Dru C. Gladney
language : en
Publisher: C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS
Release Date : 2004
Dislocating China written by Dru C. Gladney and has been published by C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
This book seeks to challenge the way in which China and Chinese-ness is generally understood, privileged on a central tradition, a core culture, that tends to marginalise or peripheralise anything or anyone who does not fit that essential core. The Hui Muslim Chinese discussed in this volume demonstrate that one can be an integral part of Chinese society and yet challenge many of ourassumptions about that society itself. For that reason they and other so-called minority ethnics have generally been ignored by Western scholarship.
Dislocating China
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Author : Dru C. Gladney
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2004-04
Dislocating China written by Dru C. Gladney and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04 with Social Science categories.
Until quite recently, Western scholars have tended to accept the Chinese representation of non-Han groups as marginalized minorities. Dru C. Gladney challenges this simplistic view, arguing instead that the very oppositions of majority and minority, primitive and modern, are historically constructed and are belied by examination of such disenfranchised groups as Muslims, minorities, or gendered others. Gladney locates China and Chinese culture not in some unchanging, essential "Chinese-ness," but in the context of historical and contemporary multicultural complexity. He investigates how this complexity plays out among a variety of places and groups, examining representations of minorities and majorities in art, movies, and theme parks; the invention of folklore and creation myths; the role of pilgrimages in constructing local identities; and the impact of globalization and economic reforms on non-Han groups such as the Muslim Hui. In the end, Gladney argues that just as peoples in the West have defined themselves against ethnic others, so too have the Chinese defined themselves against marginalized groups in their own society.
On The Trail Of The Yellow Tiger
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Author : Kenneth Swope
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2018-07-01
On The Trail Of The Yellow Tiger written by Kenneth Swope and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-01 with History categories.
"Examination of the social and demographic effects of the Ming-Qing transition on southwest China and the devastation wrought by the warlord Zhang Xianzhong"--Provided by publisher.
Dislocation
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Author : Lynn Zheng
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-09-30
Dislocation written by Lynn Zheng and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-30 with categories.
Since China opened its door to the world, thousands of Chinese people have come to settle in the United States every year for various reasons. With their dreams in mind, they demonstrate the resilience of life with their unusual-and-colorful experiences in this magical land of America. In the form of short stories, the author of "Dislocation" presents their experiences in a delicate and affectionate light and honestly explores the meaning of life with language that will resonate in your heart and soul. In this short story collection, you'll encounter many of the new generations of Chinese immigrants whose daily struggles are complicated by the sometimes bewildering clash between Chinese and Western cultures. A same-sex couple facing inevitable family discontentment at their wedding ("The Knot"); a middle-aged professional desperately waiting for a liver transplant ("A Blizzard"); a greedy Chinese pensioner taking advantage of government handouts ("National Welfare"); a mother reflecting on changes in Chinese society when her spoiled teenage niece goes missing ("A Little Devil"); an Airbnb hostess too busy to leave any breathing space for herself ("One-Night Stay"); and a depressed elderly man in China and his son in America for whom misunderstandings overshadow the love and affection beneath the surface ("The Absence"). With this, her first collection of short stories, the author depicts various facets of Chinese-American life, evoking deep emotions while leading readers to contend with their own lives.
Claiming Homes
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Author : Charlotte Bruckermann
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2019-10-03
Claiming Homes written by Charlotte Bruckermann and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-03 with Social Science categories.
Chinese citizens make themselves at home despite economic transformation, political rupture, and domestic dislocation in the contemporary countryside. By mobilizing labor and kinship to make claims over homes, people, and things, rural residents withstand devaluation and confront dispossession. As a particular configuration of red capitalism and socialist sovereignty takes root, this process challenges the relationship between the politics of place and the location of class in China and beyond.
The Legacy Of Tiananmen
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Author : James A. R. Miles
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1996
The Legacy Of Tiananmen written by James A. R. Miles and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
From talking to the powerful in Beijing and the peasants in the countryside, an experienced journalist interprets China and its post-Deng future
Social Control In China
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Author : Victor N. Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1996-06-21
Social Control In China written by Victor N. Shaw and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-21 with Business & Economics categories.
China is in the midst of dramatic economic and social reform—reform that may well suggest a long-term developmental trend toward modernization and democracy. This evolution in the structure of Chinese society means that the authoritarian social control system in China must change if loss of community ties, dislocation, and social disintegration are to be avoided in the coming years. This book provides a blueprint for the social architecture of China and offers an argument for how change in the essential structure of Chinese society must be implemented. Shaw's investigation of work units—the building blocks of contemporary China—pinpoints them as the primary sites of social control and as the most important components of any efforts at reform.
Communities Of Complicity
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Author : Hans Steinm
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2013-03-30
Communities Of Complicity written by Hans Steinm and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-30 with Social Science categories.
Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. Ordinary people often find themselves caught between the moral frameworks of capitalism, Maoism and the Chinese tradition. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba (in Hubei Province, central China) is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of everyday life in rural China. Drawing on descriptions of village life, interspersed with targeted theoretical analyses, the author examines how ordinary people construct their own senses of their lives and their futures in everyday activities: building houses, working, celebrating marriages and funerals, gambling and dealing with local government. The villagers confront moral uncertainty; they creatively harmonize public discourse and local practice; and sometimes they resolve incoherence and unease through the use of irony. In so doing, they perform everyday ethics and re-create transient moral communities at a time of massive social dislocation.
China
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Author : William A. Callahan
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2009-11-19
China written by William A. Callahan and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-19 with History categories.
The rise of China presents a long-term challenge to the world not only economically, but politically and culturally. Callahan meets this challenge in China: The Pessoptimist Nation by using new Chinese sources and innovative analysis to see how Chinese people understand their new place in the world. To chart the trajectory of its rise, the book shifts from examining China's national interests to exploring its national aesthetic. Rather than answering the standard social science question "what is China?" with statistics of economic and military power, this book asks "when, where, and who is China?" to explore the soft power dynamics of China's identity politics. China: The Pessoptimist Nation shows how the heart of Chinese foreign policy is not a security dilemma, but an identity dilemma. Through careful analysis, Callahan charts how Chinese identity emerges through the interplay of positive and negative feelings in a dynamic that intertwines China's domestic and international politics. China thus is the pessoptimist nation where national security is closely linked to nationalist insecurities. Callahan concludes that this interactive view of China's pessoptimist identity means that we need to rethink the role of the state and public opinion in Beijing's foreign policy-making.
China
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Author : David Denoon
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2007-04
China written by David Denoon and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04 with Business & Economics categories.
China's dramatic transformation over the years has drawn its share of attention and fear from the global community. This text offers an overview of the region, highlighting key issues as they developed in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.