Anthropology of Ascendant China

Histories, Attainments, and Tribulations

Mayfair Yang

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Routledge
06 May 2024

Development studies; Society & culture: general; Anthropology; Social & cultural anthropology; Human biology

Series: Anthropology of Now

This volume represents the latest research in cultural anthropology on an ascendant and globalizing China, covering the many different dimensions of China’s ascendancy both within China itself and beyond.

It focuses not only on the real and perceived successes of China in the past four decades, but also on the difficulties, tensions, and dangers that have emerged as a result of rapid economic development: class polarization, state expansion, psychological distress, and environmental degradation. Including contributions by some of the most well-known cultural anthropologists of China, as well as rising innovative younger scholars, this book documents and analyzes China’s multifaceted transformations in the modern era—both within Chinese society and in Chinese relations with the outside world. It features the unique perspective of anthropology, with its on-the-ground deep cultural immersion through long-term fieldwork, coupled with a macrolevel global perspective, a strong historical perspective, and theoretically engaged analyses to present a balanced account of China’s ascendancy.

Anthropology of Ascendant China: Histories, Attainments, and Tribulations is suitable for students and scholars in Anthropology, Sociology, History, Political Science, and East Asian Studies, as well as those working on contemporary Chinese society and culture more broadly.

Edited by: Mayfair Yang
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 810g
ISBN: 9781032416113
ISBN 10: 1032416114
Series: Anthropology of Now
Pages: 334
Publication Date: 06 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Mayfair Yang is Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at University of California Santa Barbara. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology at University of California Berkeley, and specializes in the Anthropology of Religion, Modernity, and the State, as well as Gender and Media Studies.