Irony, Cynicism and the Chinese State - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1138943142 ISBN 13 : 9781138943148

Editeur : Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

This volume explores irony and cynicism as part of the social life of local communities in China, and specifically in relation to the contemporary Chinese state. It collects ethnographies of irony and cynicism in social action, written by a group of anthropologists. They use the lenses of irony and cynicism - broadly defined to include resignation, resistance, humour, ambiguity and dialogue - to look anew at the social, political and moral contradictions faced by Chinese people. They focus on both the interpretation of intentions in everyday social discourse, and the broader theoretical consequences of such interpretations for an understanding of the Chinese state.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Hans Steinmüller is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics, UK. He is the author of Communities of Complicity: Everyday Ethics in Rural China (2013).

Susanne Brandtstädter is a China anthropologist and Chair of the Anthropology of Globalization at the University of Cologne, Germany. She is the author of Falsificaciones, Derechos y Protestas (2015) and co-editor of Rights, Cultures, Subjects and Citizens (Routledge 2013).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138943142
• ISBN 13: 9781138943148
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 212
• Éditeur: Steinmüller Hans, Brandtstädter Susanne
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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