{"product_id":"streetlife-china-paperback-9780521637190","title":"Streetlife China (Paperback) 9780521637190","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStreetlife China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn extraordinary collection of 'snapshots' of contemporary Chinese life in translation with commentary.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Dutton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521637190, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 January 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages, 80 b\/w illus.  4 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 18.9 x 1.7 cm, 0.58 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'As always, there are two Chinas: the official and the unofficial. and while experts dissect every word that Beijing's bosses say, the ordinary Chinese on the street are doing what they've always done: going about the struggle of daily life, whether selling Mao badges or posters (regaining popularity), finding a life partner, or - for under one percent of the population, 'an awful lot of people' - resorting to crime. Dutton's text is mesmeric in weaving these diverse backstreet threads into mainstream visions.'  The Weekend Australian\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis imaginative and incisive collection of pieces about life in contemporary China reveals, like a series of snapshots, a picture of the lives of ordinary people and the rules and rituals that govern their daily existence. Key themes surface: in particular, the emergence of a consumer culture driven by the market, and the way in which this intersects with the 'floating population' of vagrants, prostitutes, and liumang (hooligans). We see how, in turn, the official strategies of the state deal with this perceived social disorder and how the street responds. Underlying much of the discussion of contestation and transformation is the notion of human rights. There will be no better introduction to the discourses of contemporary China, and few more entertaining, vivid, and stimulating accounts of shifts in cultural life and politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eStreetlife Subalterns\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Rights, Traditions, Daily Life and Deviance: 1. Rights and traditions\u003cbr\u003e 2. Daily life in the work unit\u003cbr\u003e 3. Defining 'outsiders', labelling Liumang\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The 'Strategies' of Government and 'Tactics' of the Subaltern: 4. Analysis\u003cbr\u003e 5. Government strategies I\u003cbr\u003e 6. Government strategies II\u003cbr\u003e 7. Subaltern tactics and government response\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Naming, Framing, Marking: 8. Naming\u003cbr\u003e 9. Framing\u003cbr\u003e 10. Marking\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Architecture of Life: 11. City space\u003cbr\u003e 12. Social relations and the architecture of life\u003cbr\u003e 13. Out of the work unit\u003cbr\u003e 14. Changing landscapes, changing mentalities\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Stories of the Fetish: 15. Chairman Mao\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Market Trainings.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\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":46003696533784,"sku":"9780521637190","price":24.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521637190i_1a70da39-0d41-464e-a30c-0754572a9adb.jpg?v=1691379390","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/streetlife-china-paperback-9780521637190","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}