China Off Center: Mapping the Margins of the Middle Kingdom - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0824825772 ISBN 13 : 9780824825775

Editeur : University of Hawai'i Press, 2002

Synopsis

China Off Center takes as its fundamental assumption that contemporary China can only be understood as a complex, decentralized place, where the view from above (Beijing) and from tourist buses is a skewed one. Instead of generalizing about China, it demonstrates that this diverse national terrain is better conceived as it is experienced by Chinese, as a set of many Chinas. To that end, this anthology of interpretive essays and ethnographic reports focuses on the everyday, the particular, the local, and the puzzling. Together with contextualizing introductions, the readings provide students with a compelling look at some little-known but significant aspects of China from the past decade; for those already familiar with China, they furnish an assortment of uncommon viewpoints in a single, convenient volume.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Hawai'i Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0824825772
• ISBN 13: 9780824825775
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 428
• Éditeur: Blum Susan D., Jensen Lionel M.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible