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Item Details
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CHINA OFF CENTER
MAPPING THE MARGINS OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM |
| By: |
Susan D. Blum (Editor), Lionel M. Jensen (Editor), Prasenjit Duara (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£56.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0824823354 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780824823351 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
30 September, 2002 |
| Pages: |
424 |
| Description: |
This work takes as its fundamental assumption the notion that contemporary China can only be understood as a complex, decentralized place, where the view from above (Beijing) and from tourist buses is a skewed one. It avoids generalizing about China. |
| Synopsis: |
China Off Center takes as its fundamental assumption that contemporary China can only be understood as a complex, decentralized place, where the view from above (Beijing) and from tourist buses is a skewed one. Instead of generalizing about China, it demonstrates that this diverse national terrain is better conceived as it is experienced by Chinese, as a set of many Chinas. To that end, this anthology of interpretive essays and ethnographic reports focuses on the everyday, the particular, the local, and the puzzling. Together with contextualizing introductions, the readings provide students with a compelling look at some little-known but significant aspects of China from the past decade; for those already familiar with China, they furnish an assortment of uncommon viewpoints in a single, convenient volume. |
| Illustrations: |
31 illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Hawai'i Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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