{"product_id":"disability-in-contemporary-china-citizenship-identity-and-culture-hardback-9781107118539","title":"Disability in Contemporary China; Citizenship, Identity and Culture (Hardback) 9781107118539","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDisability in Contemporary China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCitizenship, Identity and Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first comprehensive exploration of disability and citizenship in Chinese society and culture from 1949 to the present day.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarah Dauncey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107118539, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 September 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages, 4 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e15.5 x 23.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is a timely and hugely significant work. Dauncey's wide-ranging and sophisticated analysis of the place of disability in Chinese culture does much to move the field of critical disability studies beyond its familiar 'Global North' focus and provides a significant contribution to our understanding of the cultural, ideological and historical construction of the 'para-citizen' in Chinese society. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the place of non-normative identity in China today.' Hannah Thompson, Royal Holloway, University of London\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSarah Dauncey offers the first comprehensive exploration of disability and citizenship in Chinese society and culture from 1949 to the present. Through the analysis of a wide variety of Chinese sources, from film and documentary to literature and life writing, media and state documents, she sheds important new light on the ways in which disability and disabled identities have been represented and negotiated over this time. She exposes the standards against which disabled people have been held as the Chinese state has grappled with expectations of what makes the 'ideal' Chinese citizen. From this, she proposes an exciting new theoretical framework for understanding disabled citizenship in different societies – 'para-citizenship'. A far more dynamic relationship of identity and belonging than previously imagined, her new reading synthesises the often troubling contradictions of citizenship for disabled people – the perils of bodily and mental difference and the potential for personal and group empowerment.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Understanding disability and citizenship in China\u003cbr\u003e 1. Where did all the disabled people go? Cultural invisibility before 1976\u003cbr\u003e 2. Backstage to centre stage: new heroes in the age of reform\u003cbr\u003e 3. Entertainment or education? Disability and the cinematic imagination\u003cbr\u003e 4. A narrative prosthesis? Disability and the literary imagination\u003cbr\u003e 5. Blind, but not in the dark: realism sheds new light on visual impairment\u003cbr\u003e 6. Private lives for public consumption: writing our disabled life stories\u003cbr\u003e conclusion: the perils and possibilities of para-citizenship\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social discrimination \u0026amp; inequality [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social discrimination \u0026amp; inequality\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20discrimination%20\u0026amp;%20inequality%20%5BJFFJ%5D%22\"\u003eJFFJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e], Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913112543512,"sku":"9781107118539","price":93.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107118539i_ecc5d128-e415-496a-8d99-cce4cb9a4ead.jpg?v=1696793453","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/disability-in-contemporary-china-citizenship-identity-and-culture-hardback-9781107118539","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}