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Reclaiming Chinese society : the new social activism / edited by You-tien Hsing and Ching Kwan Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Asia's transformations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social justice--China.
- Social justice.
- China--Social conditions--2000-.
- China.
- Social conditions.
- Income distribution--China.
- Income distribution.
- China--Economic conditions--2000-.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 254 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Summary:
- Reclaiming Chinese Society analyzes the mechanisms, processes, and actors producing a wide spectrum of social and cultural changes in reform China. Contrary to most literature that emphasizes economic and political processes at the expense of Chinese society, this volume argues for the centrality of the social in understanding Chinese development.
- Each of the 12 chapters addresses one type of grassroots activism, covering feminist activism, civic environmentalism, religious revival, violence, film, media, intellectuals, housing, citizenship, and deprivation.
- The wide range of research styles used in this collection, including ethnography, regional comparison, quantitative and statistical analysis, interviews, textual, and content analysis, offers students a methodologically rich vista to China studies.
- Written by subject experts and covering all aspects of Chinese Society, this book offers an authoritative overview of Chinese society. It is an invaluable resource for courses on Chinese society and culture and will be of interest to students and scholars in Chinese and Asian studies.
- Contents:
- 1 Social activism in China: agency and possibility / Ching Kwan Lee, You-Tien Hsing 1
- Part I Politics of (re)distribution 15
- 2 Urban housing mobilizations / You-Tien Hsing 17
- 3 Workers and the quest for citizenship / Ching Kwan Lee 42
- 4 Barefoot lawyers and rural conflicts / Xing Ying 64
- 5 Peasant resistance against nature reserves / Melinda Herrold-Menzies 83
- Part II Politics of recognition 99
- 6 Feminist networks / Wang Zheng 101
- 7 Civic environmentalism / Guobin Yang 119
- 8 Religious revival / Richard Madsen 140
- Part III Politics of representation 157
- 9 Film as cultural politics / Seio Nakajima 159
- 10 Bounded innovations in the media / Zhongdang Pan 184
- 11 Inner city culture wars / Max D. Woodworth 207
- 12 Politics of cultural heritage / Magnus Fiskesjo 225.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415491372
- 0415491371
- 9780203872178
- 0203872177
- 0415491398
- 9780415491396
- OCLC:
- 313017439
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