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China as context : anthropology, post-globalisation and the neglect of China / edited by Di Wu, Andrea E. Pia and Ed Pulford

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wu, Di.
Contributor:
Pia, Andrea E.
Pulford, Ed.
Series:
Alternative Sinology Series
Alternative Sinology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Knowledge and learning--China--Foreign public opinion.
Knowledge and learning.
Anthropology--Study and teaching--China.
Anthropology.
Social sciences--Study and teaching--China.
Social sciences.
China--Relations--Western countries.
China.
Western countries--Relations--China.
Western countries.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([238] pages) : digital file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
data file
Biography/History:
Di Wu is a Departmental Lecturer at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford. Andrea E. Pia is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Ed Pulford is an Anthropologist and Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester.
Summary:
This book challenges the marginalization of Chinese-grounded ideas in academia, arguing that neglecting China distorts our understanding of global complexities. Through diverse ethnographic perspectives, it repositions China as a key agent in knowledge production, urging a holistic approach to the social sciences amid shifting global dynamics.
Contents:
Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures
List of contributors
Note on language
Acknowledgements
Series editors' foreword
Introduction / Di Wu, Andrea E. Pia, Ed Pulford
I China as context
1 To grow affinity with whom? Shifting modes of engagement of Chinese Buddhism in East Africa / Yu Qiu
2 China as ethnographic absent presence / Alessandro Rippa
3 Russian names for China and their relational implications / Caroline Humphrey
4 Insurgent instruction / Jennifer Hubbert
II The neglect of China
5 For the sake of simplicity / Hans Steinmüller
6 'The Malinowski-Freedman Thesis' and 'Grammars of Anthropology on China' / Tan Tongxue
7 What are you doing it for? Thoughts on a pragmatist approach to China anthropology / Yang Zhan
Commentary / Uradyn E. Bulag
Index
Notes:
This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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ISBN:
1-5261-8430-3
1-5261-8432-X
OCLC:
1535403331

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