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Zusatztext 68829298 Informationen zum Autor Hans Steinmüller is Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and convenor of the MSc China in Comparative Perspective at the London School of Economics. Klappentext Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. Ordinary people often find themselves caught between the moral frameworks of capitalism! Maoism and the Chinese tradition. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba (in Hubei Province! central China) is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of everyday life in rural China. Drawing on descriptions of village life! interspersed with targeted theoretical analyses! the author examines how ordinary people construct their own senses of their lives and their futures in everyday activities: building houses! working! celebrating marriages and funerals! gambling and dealing with local government. The villagers confront moral uncertainty; they creatively harmonize public discourse and local practice; and sometimes they resolve incoherence and unease through the use of irony. In so doing! they perform everyday ethics and re-create transient moral communities at a time of massive social dislocation. Zusammenfassung Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of everyday life in rural China. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on the Text Introduction Chapter 1. A Remote Place from Three Angles Chapter 2. Gabled Roofs and Concrete Ceilings Chapter 3. Work Through the Food Basket Chapter 4. Channelling Along a Centering Path Chapter 5. The Embarrassment of Li Chapter 6. Gambling and the Moving Boundaries of Social Heat Chapter 7. Face Projects in Rural Construction Conclusion: Everyday Ethics, Cultural Intimacy, and Irony Appendix A: Newspaper Report Appendix B: Expenses for the Construction of a House Appendix C: List of Money Gifts and Tasks Appendix D: Subsidies Given to Three Households Glossary Bibliography ...
