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Author Liu, Xin, 1957-

Title In one's own shadow : an ethnographic account of the condition of post-reform rural China / Xin Liu.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]
©2000
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index.
Summary China underwent a dramatic social transformation in the last decade of the twentieth century. This ethnographic study of one community focuses on the logic of everyday practice in post-reform rural China. It analyzes the changes and continuities marking the recent history of northwestern China and highlights the broader implications for the way we understand Chinese modernity.
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Notes on the Text; 1. Exotic Familiarity; 2. Resisting Ideology; 3. Marriage as a Mirror of Change; 4. Meaning and Eating; 5. The Practice of Everyday Life; 6. The Pliable Emotions; 7. Immoral Politics; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Shaanxi Sheng (China) -- Rural conditions.
Shaanxi Sheng (China) -- Social life and customs.
Rural development -- China -- Shaanxi Sheng.
Rural development.
China -- Shaanxi Sheng.
Social change -- China -- Shaanxi Sheng.
Social change.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Liu, Xin, 1957- In one's own shadow. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000 0520219937 (DLC) 99031248 (OCoLC)41361504
ISBN 9780520923478 (electronic book)
0520923472 (electronic book)
0585390150 (electronic book)
9780585390154 (electronic book)
0520219937 (alkaline paper)
9780520219939 (alkaline paper)
0520219945 (alkaline paper)
9780520219946 (alkaline paper)
159734673X
9781597346733

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