China Urban: Ethnographies of Contemporary Culture

by Nancy N. Chen and Rita Chang-Eppig

Book Overview

China Urban is an ethnographic account of China's cities and the place that urban space holds in China's imagination. In addition to investigating this nation's rapidly changing urban landscape, its contributors emphasize the need to rethink the very meaning of the "urban" and the utility of urban-focused anthropological critiques during a period of unprecedented change on local, regional, national, and global levels.

Through close attention...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082232640X
• ISBN13: 9780822326403
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

China urban reality

The ethnographies in "China Urban" are a good way to learn about the Post-Mao reforms that took place in 1979, and how it affected everyday life of chinese population. Most of all, it helps to understand the chinese diaspora today.