Privatizing China

Socialism from Afar

Nonfiction, History, Asian, China, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
Cover of the book Privatizing China by , Cornell University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781501702075
Publisher: Cornell University Press Publication: July 22, 2015
Imprint: Cornell University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781501702075
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication: July 22, 2015
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Language: English

Everyday life in China is increasingly shaped by a novel mix of neoliberal and socialist elements, of individual choices and state objectives. This combination of self-determination and socialism from afar has incited profound changes in the ways individuals think and act in different spheres of society.

Covering a vast range of daily life—from homeowner organizations and the users of Internet cafes to self-directed professionals and informed consumers—the essays in Privatizing China create a compelling picture of the burgeoning awareness of self-governing within the postsocialist context. The introduction by Aihwa Ong and Li Zhang presents assemblage as a concept for studying China as a unique postsocialist society created through interactions with global forms.

The authors conduct their ethnographic fieldwork in a spectrum of domains—family, community, real estate, business, taxation, politics, labor, health, professions, religion, and consumption—that are infiltrated by new techniques of the self and yet also regulated by broader socialist norms. Privatizing China gives readers a grounded, fine-grained intimacy with the variety and complexity of everyday conduct in China's turbulent transformation.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Everyday life in China is increasingly shaped by a novel mix of neoliberal and socialist elements, of individual choices and state objectives. This combination of self-determination and socialism from afar has incited profound changes in the ways individuals think and act in different spheres of society.

Covering a vast range of daily life—from homeowner organizations and the users of Internet cafes to self-directed professionals and informed consumers—the essays in Privatizing China create a compelling picture of the burgeoning awareness of self-governing within the postsocialist context. The introduction by Aihwa Ong and Li Zhang presents assemblage as a concept for studying China as a unique postsocialist society created through interactions with global forms.

The authors conduct their ethnographic fieldwork in a spectrum of domains—family, community, real estate, business, taxation, politics, labor, health, professions, religion, and consumption—that are infiltrated by new techniques of the self and yet also regulated by broader socialist norms. Privatizing China gives readers a grounded, fine-grained intimacy with the variety and complexity of everyday conduct in China's turbulent transformation.

More books from Cornell University Press

Cover of the book Cities, Classes, and the Social Order by
Cover of the book The Sanctity of Louis IX by
Cover of the book Germany's War and the Holocaust by
Cover of the book Dark Vanishings by
Cover of the book Her Father’s Daughter by
Cover of the book The End of the West? by
Cover of the book 41 by
Cover of the book The Consumption of Justice by
Cover of the book Surprise by
Cover of the book Dark Age Nunneries by
Cover of the book Building More Effective Unions by
Cover of the book Reading Classes by
Cover of the book Cars for Comrades by
Cover of the book Reforming New Orleans by
Cover of the book Coping with Adversity by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy