Visual Arts, Representations and Interventions in Contemporary China
Minna Valjakka, Meiqin Wang (eds)
- Title
- Hygiene, Sociality, and Culture in Contemporary Rural China
- Subtitle
- The Uncanny New Village
- Author
- Lili Lai
- Price
- € 117,00 excl. VAT
- ISBN
- 9789089648464
- Format
- Hardback
- Number of pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 14 - 10 - 2016
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 23.4 cm
- Category
- Anthropology
- Discipline
- Asian Studies
- Also available as
- eBook PDF - € 116,99
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE: THE LOCAL INTIMACIES OF CHINA'S RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE
AN OVERVIEW OF SHANG VILLAGE
CHAPTER TWO: DIRT, HYGIENE, HABITUS
CHAPTER THREE: IMMANENT SOCIALITY: OPEN-ENDED BELONGING
CHAPTER FOUR: CULTURE PLAZA - WHY CULTURE? WHOSE PLAZA?
CHAPTER FIVE: THE UNCANNY NEW VILLAGE
REFERENCES
Reviews and Features
"This is an engaging anthropological exploration of the rural-urban divide and its focus on hygiene is important as it is a much neglected topic. The book will be of interest to not just China scholars but development studies, cultural studies and related fields too." - Susan Engel, newbooks.asia, read the full review here.
Lili Lai
Hygiene, Sociality, and Culture in Contemporary Rural China
The Uncanny New Village
This book presents a new perspective on attempts by the contemporary Chinese government to transform the diverse conditions found in countless rural villages into what the state's social welfare program deems 'socialist new villages'. Lili Lai argues that an ethnographic focus on the specifics of village life can help destabilize China's persistent rural-urban divide and help contribute to more effective welfare intervention to improve health and hygienic conditions of village life.
Author
Lili Lai
Dr. Lili Lai, Institute of Medical Humanities, guest editor of a special issue entitled "The Local Intimacies of China's Rural-Urban Divide" of Positions Volume 22, Issue 3, 2014, Duke University Press.
