Communities of Complicity : : Everyday Ethics in Rural China / / Hans Steinmüller.
Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. Ordinary people often find themselves caught between the moral frameworks of capitalism, Maoism and the Chinese tradition. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba (in Hubei...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Dislocations ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 A Remote Place from Three Angles
- Chapter 2 Gabled Roofs and Concrete Ceilings
- Chapter 3 Work Through the Food Basket
- Chapter 4 Channelling Along a Centring Path
- Chapter 5 The Embarrassment of Li
- Chapter 6 Gambling and the Moving Boundaries of Social Heat
- Chapter 7 Face Projects in Rural Construction
- Conclusion Everyday Ethics, Cultural Intimacy, and Irony
- Appendix A Newspaper Report
- Appendix B Expenses for the Construction of a House
- Appendix C List of Money-Gifts and Tasks
- Appendix D Subsidies Given to Three Households
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index