Modified bodies, material selves : beauty ideals in post-reform Shanghai /
"Ways that understandings of bodies, and the politics ascribed to them, are culturally produced. It contributes to current debates on methodology in anthropology, social life in China, bodily politics, and the emergence of a global middle class. Its accessible writing style will be suitable for...
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University of Washington Press,
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Publisher Address: | Seattle, Washington : |
Publication Dates: | [2023] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
"Ways that understandings of bodies, and the politics ascribed to them, are culturally produced. It contributes to current debates on methodology in anthropology, social life in China, bodily politics, and the emergence of a global middle class. Its accessible writing style will be suitable for a wide audience across multiple fields--including anthropology, women's studies, and East Asian studies--and appropriate for classroom use at both the undergraduate and graduate level"-- |
Carrier Form: | xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780295751764 0295751762 9780295751757 0295751754 |
Index Number: | HQ1220 |
CLC: | D442.9 |
Call Number: | D442.9/S796 |