Deep China - The Moral Life of the Person

“Fascinating. . . . Deep China seeks to explore through the lenses of psychiatry and sociology the effects on the individual.” Informationen zum Autor Arthur Kleinman is Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University; Yunxiang Yan is a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles; Jing Jun is a Professor at Tsinghua University (Beijing); Sing Lee is a Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong; Everett Zhang is a Professor at Princeton University; Pan Tianshu is a Professor at Fudan University (Shanghai); Wu Fei and Guo Jinhua are Professors at Peking University (Beijing). Klappentext Deep China investigates the emotional and moral lives of the Chinese people as they adjust to the challenges of modernity. Sharing a medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry perspective, Arthur Kleinman, Yunxiang Yan, Jing Jun, Sing Lee, Everett Zhang, Pan Tianshu, Wu Fei, and Guo Jinhua delve into intimate and sometimes hidden areas of personal life and social practice to observe and narrate the drama of Chinese individualization. The essays explore the remaking of the moral person during China's profound social and economic transformation, unraveling the shifting practices and struggles of contemporary life. Zusammenfassung Investigates the emotional and moral lives of the Chinese people as they adjust to the challenges of modernity. Sharing a medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry perspective, this title delves into intimate and sometimes hidden areas of personal life and social practice to observe and narrate the drama of Chinese individualization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface  Introduction: Remaking the Moral Person in a New China  1. The Changing Moral Landscape  Yunxiang Yan 2. From Commodity of Death to Gift of Life  Jing Jun 3. China’s Sexual Revolution  Everett Yuehong Zhang 4. Place Attachment, Communal Memory, and the Moral Underpinnings of Gentrification in Postreform Shanghai  Pan Tianshu 5. Depression: Coming of Age in China  Sing Lee 6. Suicide, a Modern Problem in China  Wu Fei 7. Stigma: HIV/AIDS, Mental Illness, and China’s Nonpersons  Guo Jinhua and Arthur Kleinman 8. Quests for Meaning  Arthur Kleinman Glossary of Chinese Terms and Names  Notes on Contributors  Index ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Wu Fei, Jinhua Guo, Guo Jinhua, Jun Jing, Jing Jun, Arthur Kleinman, Arthur Yan Kleinman, Arthur Yunxiang Kleinman, Arthur/ Yunxiang Kleinman, Kleinman Arthur, Dr. Sing Lee, Sing Lee, Lee Sing, Pan Tianshu, Tianshu Pan, Fei Wu, Yunxiang Yan, Yan Yunxiang, Yan Yunxiang, Everett Zhang, Everett Yuehong Zhang
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 26.09.2011
• EAN: 9780520269453
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26945-3
• Pagine: 322
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; China, Anthropology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Human biology, Medical Anthropology