Routledge handbook of Chinese culture and society / edited by Kevin Latham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Latham, Kevin, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Civilization--2002-.

China.

China--Civilization--1976-2002.

China--Social conditions--2000-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 493 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Culture and Society is an interdisciplinary resource that offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary Chinese social and cultural issues in the twenty-first century. Bringing together experts in their respective fields, this cutting-edge survey of the significant phenomena and directions in China today covers a range of issues including the following: State, privatisation and civil society; Family and education; Urban and rural life; Gender, and sexuality and reproduction; Popular culture and the media; Religion and ethnicity. Forming an accessible and fascinating insight into Chinese culture and society, this handbook will be invaluable to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, area studies, history, politics and cultural and media studies.

Contents:

State and privatisation / Dorothy J. Solinger

Civil society and its challenges / Kin-man Chan

Schooling in China / Rui Yang

Migrant children's education / Lisa Yiu

Youth, exams and the pressure to conform / Alex Cockain

HIV/AIDS / Giulia Zoccatelli

Language and the construction of difference / Qing Zhang and Priscilla Z. Shin

Rural migrant workers in Chinese cities / Wanning Sun

Urban neighbourhoods / Stephan Feuchtwang

Rural-urban migration and social differentiation in urban China / Roberta Zavoretti

Social transformation in rural China / Hans Steinmüller

Rural Chinese families : the continuing relevance of moral obligation / Ellen Oxfeld

Popular resistance in rural China / Zhang Wu

Environmental and social change in rural China / Anna Lora-Wainwright

The cultural politics of labour in postsocialist China : the case of rural migrant workers / Eric Florence

Prostitution and masculinity / Tiantian Zheng

One child and more / Vanessa L. Fong, Dian Yu, and Yun Zhu

Gender and the other / Louisa Schein

Patriarchies old and new in Chinese society / Nancy E. Riley

Mobiles and protest / Jun Liu

Philanthropy, celebrity and governance in Mainland China / Elaine Jeffreys

Corruption and officialdom : Chinese dynasty TV drama as political discourse / Ying Zhu

Microblogs and the transformation of political debate / Nele Noesselt

Screening sexualities, identities and politics : queer cinema in contemporary China / Hongwei Bao

Transformations of Chinese cuisines / Jakob A. Klein

Investigative journalism in China / Jingrong Tong

Religion and social change in reform-era China / Adam Yuet Chau

Christianity, culture and politics in contemporary China / Francis Khek Gee Lim

Ethnic minorities and religion / Katherine Swancutt

Ethnic identity and inter-ethnic relations in contemporary China / Enze Han.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-315-18024-3

1-351-71875-4

9781315180243

OCLC:

1143651241