The transition study of postsocialist China : an ethnographic study of a model community / Wing-Chung Ho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ho, Wing-Chung.

Series:

Series on contemporary China ; v. 25.

Series on contemporary China, 1793-0847 ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--China--Shanghai--Case studies.

Social change.

Communities--Social aspects--China--Shanghai.

Communities.

Socialism--China--Shanghai.

Socialism.

China--Social conditions--1976-2000.

China.

China--Social conditions--2000-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific Pub., c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is no denying that China has experienced, and is still experiencing, radical changes, generally initiated by the vibrant market-driven economy that began in the late 1970's. The question remains, however, of what has happened to those who, just a few decades before, experienced pride and power in being part of the proletariat. How do they make sense of the past and face up to the uncertainties of the future? This book presents an anthropological investigation into their lives and memories in order to understand their situation. Presently a working-class neighborhood in Shanghai, Cucumber

Contents:

Preface; CONTENTS; 1. Encountering a Forgotten People, Experiencing Social Change; 2. The (Un-) Making of a Socialist "Model Community": Heterogeneous Appropriations of the Past; 3. Binding Up the "Loose Sand": The Rise and Fall of Collectivism; 4. Building Up Modernity: The Spatial Representations of State Power; 5. Negotiating Subalternity: "Model Proletarians" or "Society People"?; 6. Facing Up to the Postsocialist Future: Public Amnesia and Multiple Modernities; 7. Conclusion: Experiencing an Ideology that Truncates Time and Space; 8. Epilogue: Revisiting Cucumber Lane in 2008

Appendix A: Materials and Methodology Appendix B: The "Origins" of "Cucumber Lane"; Appendix C: Glossary of Chinese Terms; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index.

ISBN:

9786613144577

9781283144575

1283144573

9789814307635

9814307637

OCLC:

740435766