The anthropology of China
Subtitle: China as ethnographic and theoretical critique
By: Charlotte Bruckermann, Stephan Feuchtwang, London School of Economics, UK
Contributors: Bruckermann, Charlotte, 1984- author
Publisher: Imperial College Press; ICP
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781783269822; 9781783269839
Subjects: Families; Social life and customs; Food; Ethnology; Manners and customs
Description: Introduction -- Anthropology of China : history, regionalism and comparison -- Kinship as ideology and as corporation -- Relatedness and gender -- Love, emotion and sentiment -- The exchange of money, gifts and favours -- The localization and globalization of food -- Nature, environment and activism -- Ritual and belief -- Hospitality -- The stranger king and the outside of an imperial civilisation -- The anthropology of the modern state in China -- Conclusion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Anthropology of China : history, regionalism and comparison; title: Kinship as ideology and as corporation; title: Relatedness and gender; title: Love, emotion and sentiment; title: The exchange of money, gifts and favours; title: The localization and globalization of food; title: Nature, environment and activism; title: Ritual and belief; title: Hospitality; title: The stranger king and the outside of an imperial civilisation; title: The anthropology of the modern state in China; title: Conclusion.