Nancy N Chen

Biographic Data

ID115628
NAMENancy N Chen
GIVEN NAMESNancy N
FAMILY NAMEChen
SIGNATURECHEN N N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS67
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1992
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX3

  • Speaking Nearby – Interview von Nancy N. Chen mit Trin T. Min-ha

    Open AccessNancy N ChenCHAPTERFeministische Theorie und…2020

  • Making memories

    Open AccessNancy N ChenARTICLEMemory Studies2020Cited by: 1References: 16

    The availability and abundance of foods in 21st century China have dramatically expanded over the past three decades. Despite the proximity of memories of food insecurity—the intergenerational preparation and sharing of meals continue to mark social identity and belonging. This article explores how contemporary Chinese foodways and medicinal recipes connect with past times as well as convey cultural memory. Two case studies will animate this anal…

  • Asian Biotech

    Joseph Dumit, Kaushik Sunder Rajan et al.EDITORBOOKAsian Biotech2010

  • Healing Sects and Anti-Cult Campaigns

    Open AccessNancy N ChenARTICLEThe China Quarterly2003

    Charismatic forms of healing can be found both in Chinese medicine and spiritual practices. This article examines how qigong healing sects in contemporary China became subject to state regulation and medicalization. Such a move was intended to eradicate masters who were viewed as promoting superstition ( mixin ) or heterodox spiritual practices. Yet, the rise of masters who intertwined healing with spirituality was facilitated by market reforms t…

  • Embodying Qi and Masculinities in Post-Mao China

    Nancy N ChenCHAPTERChinese femininities, Chinese…2002

    This chapter discusses the links between qi and masculinity both through physiological explanations in traditional Chinese medicine and through the social context of qigong (a practice of breath work and healing through cultivating one's qi), where the power of qi is amplified beyond the body. Although the discussion of qi and masculinity here acknowledges the importance of corporeal bodies in historical framings of sex and gender, it relies on t…

  • Health, Wealth, and the Good Life

    Open AccessNancy N ChenCHAPTERChina Urban2001

  • China Urban

    Lisa Hoffman, Nancy N Chen et al.EDITORBOOKChina Urban2001Cited by: 34References: 2

    China Urban is an ethnographic account of China's cities and the place that urban space holds in China's imagination. In addition to investigating this nation's 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 levels. Through close attention to e…

  • Knowing Practice

    Open AccessNancy N ChenARTICLEAmerican Ethnologist1999

  • Knowing Practice

    Open AccessNancy N ChenARTICLEAmerican Ethnologist1999

    Knowing Practice: The Clinical Encounter of Chinese Medicine. JUDITH FARQUHAR. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. xii. 260 pp., notes, illustrations, bibliography, index

  • Cultures of Vision

    Open AccessNancy N ChenARTICLEAmerican Ethnologist1998

    Cultures of Vision: Images, Media, and the Imaginary. Ron Burnett. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995. xii. 355 pp., notes, bibliography, index

  • Organ Transplantation

    Open AccessNancy N ChenARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1997Cited by: 5

    Organ Transplantation: Meanings and Realities. Stuart J. Youngner. Renee C. Fox. and Laurence J. O'Connell. eds. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.290 pp

  • Speaking Nearby

    Open AccessNancy N ChenARTICLEVisual Anthropology Review1992Cited by: 27