"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 to everyday lives and narratives and
with a particular focus on gender, market, and spatial practices,
this collection stresses that, in the case of China, rural life and
the impact of socialism must be considered in order to fully
comprehend the urban. Individual essays note the impact of legal
barriers to geographic mobility in China, the proliferation of
different urban centers, the different distribution of resources
among various regions, and the pervasive appeal of the urban, both
in terms of living in cities and in acquiring products and
conventions signaling urbanity. Others focus on the direct sales
industry, the Chinese rock music market, the discursive production
of femininity and motherhood in urban hospitals, and the
transformations in access to healthcare.
"China Urban "will interest anthropologists, sociologists,
political scientists, and those studying urban planning, China,
East Asia, and globalization.
"Contributors." Tad Ballew, Susan Brownell, Nancy N. Chen,
Constance D. Clark, Robert Efird, Suzanne Z. Gottschang, Ellen
Hertz, Lisa Hoffman, Sandra Hyde, Lyn Jeffery, Lida Junghans,
Louisa Schein, Li Zhang
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