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Drink Water, but Remember the Source: Moral Discourse in a Chinese Village
Ellen Oxfeld
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Paperback. While many have studied China's rise as an economic power, China itself does not exist solely in the economic realm. This study explores the moral sphere as a key to understanding how rural Chinese experience and talk about their lives in a period of rapid economic transformation. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
While many have studied China's recent rise as an economic power, China itself does not exist solely in the economic realm. Ordinary Chinese still place intense value on moral obligations and the nature of the social ties that connect them to others. This study explores the moral sphere as a key to understanding how rural Chinese experience and talk about their lives in this period of rapid economic transformation. Ellen Oxfeld, who spent time in a village in southeast China's Guangdong Province over the course of a decade and a half, examines both continuities and changes in the local culture. ... Read more
While many have studied China's recent rise as an economic power, China itself does not exist solely in the economic realm. Ordinary Chinese still place intense value on moral obligations and the nature of the social ties that connect them to others. This study explores the moral sphere as a key to understanding how rural Chinese experience and talk about their lives in this period of rapid economic transformation. Ellen Oxfeld, who spent time in a village in southeast China's Guangdong Province over the course of a decade and a half, examines both continuities and changes in the local culture. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520260955
SKU
V9780520260955
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About Ellen Oxfeld
Ellen Oxfeld is Professor of Anthropology at Middlebury College. She is the author of Blood, Sweat, and Mahjong: Family and Enterprise in an Overseas Chinese Community and the coeditor of Coming Home? Immigrants, Refugees, and Those Who Stayed Behind.
Reviews for Drink Water, but Remember the Source: Moral Discourse in a Chinese Village
"Original and important contribution to the fast-growing literature on contemporary China ... Two thumbs up!" Journal Of China Quarterly "Commendable" Chinese Historical Review "Very well written, entertaining like a novel, but with an evident scholarly background."
Dominique Tyl Chinese Cross Currents "Stories ... are told with care and compassion, allowing Oxfeld to develop a nuanced analysis of moral discussions ... Read more
Dominique Tyl Chinese Cross Currents "Stories ... are told with care and compassion, allowing Oxfeld to develop a nuanced analysis of moral discussions ... Read more