Routledge handbook of Chinese culture and society

Routledge handbook of Chinese culture and society / edited by Kevin Latham.

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Culture and Society is an interdisciplinary resource that offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary Chinese social and cultural issues in the twenty-first century. Bringing together experts in their respective fields, this cutting-edge survey of the significan...

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Other Authors: Latham, Kevin, 1964- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Subjects:
Since 1976
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Civilization
Economic history
Social conditions
China > Civilization > 2002-
China > Civilization > 1976-2002.
China > Social conditions > 2000-
China > Social conditions.
China > Economic conditions.
China
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • CONTENTS
  • Notes on contributors
  • PART I State, society and education
  • 1 The state and privatisation: the chase for cash and its whitewash
  • 2 Civil society and its challenges
  • 3 Schooling in China
  • 4 Migrant children's education
  • 5 Youth, exams and the pressure to conform
  • 6 HIV/AIDS
  • 7 Language and the construction of difference
  • PART II Urban China
  • 8 Rural migrant workers in Chinese cities
  • 9 Urban neighbourhoods
  • 10 Rural-urban migration and social inequality in urban China
  • PART III Rural China
  • 11 Social transformation in rural China
  • 12 Rural Chinese families: the continuing relevance of moral obligation
  • 13 Popular resistance in rural China
  • 14 The cultural politics of labour in postsocialist China: the case of rural migrant workers
  • PART IV Gender, sexuality and reproduction
  • 15 Prostitution and masculinity
  • 16 One child and more
  • 17 Gender and the other
  • 18 Patriarchies old and new in Chinese society
  • PART V Popular culture and media
  • 19 Mobile and protests: how mobile phones change political activism in contemporary China
  • 20 Philanthropy, celebrity and governance in mainland China
  • 21 Corruption and officialdom: Chinese dynasty TV drama as political discourse
  • 22 Microblogs and the transformation of political debate
  • 23 Screening sexualities, identities and politics: queer cinema in contemporary China
  • 24 Transformations of Chinese cuisines
  • 25 Investigative journalism in China: pushing the limits between the 1990s and 2013
  • PART VI Religion and ethnicity
  • 26 Religion and social change in reform-era China
  • 27 Christianity, culture and politics in contemporary China
  • 28 Ethnic minorities and religion
  • 29 Ethnic identity and inter-ethnic relations in contemporary China
  • Index

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