The individualization of Chinese society /
"Chinese society has seen phenomenal change in the last 30 years. Two of the most profound changes have been the rise of the individual in both public and private spheres and the consequent individualization of Chinese society itself. Yet, despite China's recent dramatic entrance into glob...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Berg,
2009.
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| Edition: | English ed. |
| Series: | Monographs on social anthropology.
v. 77. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the rise of the Chinese individual
- The impact of rural reform on economic and social stratification
- Changes in everyday power relations
- The triumph of conjugality : structural transformation of family relations
- Practicing kinship, remaking the individual
- Rural youth and youth culture
- Girl power : young women and the waning of patriarchy
- The individual and transformation of bridewealth
- How to be a calculating yet nice person?
- The politics of consumerism
- Of hamburger and social space : the making of new sociality
- Conclusion : the individualization of Chinese society.