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Irony, Cynicism and the Chinese State (Paperback)
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Irony, Cynicism and the Chinese State (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
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Unprecedented social change in China has intensified the
contradictions faced by ordinary people. In everyday life, people
find themselves caught between official and popular discourses,
encounter radically different representations of China's past and
its future, and draw on widely diverse moral frameworks. This
volume explores irony and cynicism as part of the social life of
local communities in China, and specifically in relation to the
contemporary Chinese state. It collects ethnographies of irony and
cynicism in social action, written by a group of anthropologists
who specialise in China. They use the lenses of irony and cynicism
- broadly defined to include resignation, resistance, humour,
ambiguity and dialogue - to look anew at the social, political and
moral contradictions faced by Chinese people. The various
contributions are concerned with both the interpretation of
intentions in everyday social action and discourse, and the broader
theoretical consequences of such interpretations for an
understanding of the Chinese state. As a study of irony and
cynicism in modern China and their implications on the social and
political aspects of everyday life, this book will be of huge
interest to students and scholars of social and cultural
anthropology, Chinese culture and society, and Chinese politics.
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