Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Notes on the Text; 1. Exotic Familiarity; 2. Resisting Ideology; 3. Marriage as a Mirror of Change; 4. Meaning and Eating; 5. The Practice of Everyday Life; 6. The Pliable Emotions; 7. Immoral Politics; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Summary
China underwent a dramatic social transformation in the last decade of the twentieth century. This ethnographic study of one community focuses on the logic of everyday practice in post-reform rural China. It analyzes the changes and continuities marking the recent history of northwestern China and highlights the broader implications for the way we understand Chinese modernity
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index
