A description of everyday life in contemporary rural China based on 18 months of observation, surveys, and interviews
Illustrates how people construct their own senses of their lives and futures through their work, celebrating marriages and funerals , and building their houses
Describes how villagers confront moral uncertainty, and resolve incoherence and unease through irony
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
