Screen LibraryThe individualization of Chinese society
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| Published: |
Berg,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | English ed. |
| Series: |
London school of economics monographs on social anthropology ; v. 77 |
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| Carrier Form: | xl, 304 p.: ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781847883797 (cloth) 1847883796 (cloth) 9781847883780 (paper) 1847883788 (paper) |
| Index Number: | D668 |
| CLC: | D668 |
| Call Number: | D668/Y21/English ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : the rise of the Chinese individual -- The impact of rural reform on economic and social stratification -- Changes in everyday power relations -- The triumph of conjugality : structural transformation of family relations -- Practicing kinship, remaking the individual -- Rural youth and youth culture -- Girl power : young women and the waning of patriarchy -- The individual and transformation of bridewealth -- How to be a calculating yet nice person? -- The politics of consumerism -- Of hamburger and social space : the making of new sociality -- Conclusion : the individualizatio |