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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
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wu, Di.
- 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
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-8430-3
- 1-5261-8432-X
- OCLC:
- 1535403331
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