The anthropology of China : China as ethnographic and theoretical critique / Charlotte Bruckermann, Stephan Feuchtwang, London School of Economics, UK.

Author/creator Feuchtwang, Stephan author.
Other author Bruckermann, Charlotte, 1984- author.
Format Book
PublicationLondon : Imperial College Press, 2016.
Descriptionx, 279 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Families--China.
Food--China.
Ethnology--China.
China--Social life and customs.

Contents Introduction -- Anthropology of China : history, regionalism and comparison -- Kinship as ideology and as corporation -- Relatedness and gender -- Love, emotion and sentiment -- The exchange of money, gifts and favours -- The localization and globalization of food -- Nature, environment and activism -- Ritual and belief -- Hospitality -- The stranger king and the outside of an imperial civilisation -- The anthropology of the modern state in China -- Conclusion.
Abstract Introduction -- Anthropology of China : history, regionalism and comparison -- Kinship as ideology and as corporation -- Relatedness and gender -- Love, emotion and sentiment -- The exchange of money, gifts and favours -- The localization and globalization of food -- Nature, environment and activism -- Ritual and belief -- Hospitality -- The stranger king and the outside of an imperial civilisation -- The anthropology of the modern state in China -- Conclusion
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2016002960
ISBN9781783269822 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN1783269820 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9781783269839 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN1783269839 (pbk : alk. paper)

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