China Urban - 9780822326342

China UrbanEthnographies of Contemporary Culture\nAuthor(s): Nancy N. Chen, Constance D. Clark, Suzanne Z. Gottschang, Lyn Jeffery\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822326342, 978-0822326342\nSynopsis\nChina Urban is an ethnographic account of Chinas cities and the place that urban space holds in Chinas imagination. In addition to investigating this nations rapidly changing urban landscape, its contributors emphasize the need to rethink the very meaning of the urban and the utility of urban-focused anthropological critiques during a period of unprecedented change on local, regional, national, and global [url] close attention to everyday lives and narratives and with a particular focus on gender, market, and spatial practices, this collection stresses that, in the case of China, rural life and the impact of socialism must be considered in order to fully comprehend the urban. Individual essays note the impacg