Ordinary & The Extraordinary

Name: Ordinary & The Extraordinary
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

First Published in 1996. This study is the outcome of eight-months' fieldwork in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China (PRC), from 8 November 1988 to 17 June 1989. The original purpose of the fieldwork had been to acquire a grass-roots perspective on the dynamics of Chinese state socialist society under the impact of ten years of reform. This was extended to include People's Movement. The central questions this book therefore tries to answer are: how can these two different fieldwork experiences be reconciled with each other, and what do they tell us about the dynamics of Chinese culture and society? > Chapter 1 The Construction of a Fieldwork Project in the People\u2019s Republic of China; Part 1 Theory; Chapter 2 Anthropology and the Study of Practice; Part 2 The Ordinary; introduction1 Introduction; Chapter 3 The Structure of China\u2019s Urban Society; Chapter 4 Changes and Continuities Under the Reforms; Part 3 The Extraordinary; intoduction2 Introduction; Ch;