Description |
xiii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
Series |
Cambridge modern China series |
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Cambridge modern China series.
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Contents |
Timeline on Chinese History Streetlife Subalterns Pt. I. Rights, Traditions, Daily Life and Deviance. 1. Rights and Traditions. Human Rights and Chinese Tradition / Xia Yong. The Traditional Chinese View of the Cosmos and the Practices of Daily Life / Li Yiyuan. The Gift of Self. The 'Gift' and the Confucian Notion of Propriety / Li Xu Ping. 2. Daily Life in the Work Unit. People of the Work Unit / He Xinghan. The Work Unit: A Unique Form of Social Organisation / Lu Feng. The Work Unit: 'Face' and Place / Yi Zhongtian. 3. Defining 'Outsiders', Labelling Liumang. To be Defined a Liumang / Chen Baoliang. Second class Citizen / Ge Fei. Homosexuals in Beijing / Jin Ren Pt. II. The 'Strategies' of Government and 'Tactics' of the Subaltern. 1. Analysis. Household Registration and the Caste like Quality of Peasant Life / Gong Xikui. From Caste to Class: A Brief Introduction to A Third Eye. A Third Eye on China's Living Volcano / Leuninger. Peasant Movement: A Police Perspective / Yang Wenzhong and Wang Gongfan. 2. Government Strategies (1). The Resident Identity Card and the Household Register / Zhang Qingwu. Registration Files, Registration Cards / Yu Lei. Beijing's Fee for Residency Scheme. User Pays Beijing / Zhou Daping. The 'Bill' of Beef Street. Mass line Policing: Weikeng Public Security Committee, Beijing / Feng Rui. 3. Government Strategies (2). The Special Professions / Yu Lei. The Special Population / Yu Lei. Beggars, Prostitutes and Undesirables: The Internal Rules of the State. Transient Beggars in the City. Prostitution. Female Education and Fostering Centre. 4. Subaltern Tactics, Government Response. Nursing Change. Beijing Baomu: Taking Beijing People's Money and Doing Beijingers' work / $ |
Summary |
"In this collection, Michael Dutton offers both a lively reader and a unified theoretical argument about contemporary Chinese streetlife. The pieces - drawn from newspapers, government documents, academic writing and interviews - build a vivid picture of everyday life in China. Dutton's editorial hand and incisive commentary on these pieces from a rigorous discussion around current theory. Streetlife is shown to be a creative, dynamic, dissenting, deviant and often compliant aspect of the economic, political and cultural face of China. Key themes are the emergence of a market-driven consumer culture, and how this intersects with social outsiders; state strategies and the street's response. Underlying this narrative is the theme of human rights."--BOOK JACKET |
Analysis |
arbeidere |
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daglig |
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kina |
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Notes |
Collection of articles by various Chinese writers about the life in contemporary China |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) and index |
Subject |
Cities and towns -- China.
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Ethnology -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Industrial sociology -- China.
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Social classes -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Sociology, Urban -- China.
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SUBJECT |
China -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023992 -- 1976-
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China -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023992 -- 1976-2000
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China -- Civilization -- 1976-2002.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99010765
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China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024175
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China -- Social conditions -- 1976-2000. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024185
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China -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024178 -- 1976-
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China -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024186 -- 1976-
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China -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024186 -- 1976-2000
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China -- Social life and customs -- 1976-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024194
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Author |
Dutton, Michael Robert.
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LC no. |
98008136 |
ISBN |
0521631416 |
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0521637198 |
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