Helen Siu
Biographic Data
| ID | 95602 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Siu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Siu |
| SIGNATURE | SIU H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Uneasy Reunions
Village life in Hong Kong
The original translocal society and its modern fate
Fei Xiaotong, the doyen of Chinese anthropologists, summarizing Chinese society in the 1930s, described it as essentially “earth-bound”. In rendering his Chinese term xiangtu as earth-bound, rather than rural or rustic, he emphasized land and its essential part in Chinese society. He said so without ambiguity: rural people carry the smell of the earth; they do because they depend on it for their livelihood. His whole book of essays builds upon th…
Other Modernities
Other Modernities: Gendered Yearnings in China after Socialism. Lisa Rofel. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. xvi. 330 pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index
Other Modernities
Other Modernities: Gendered Yearnings in China after Socialism. Lisa Rofel. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. xvi. 330 pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index
Other Modernities
Other Modernities: Gendered Yearnings in China after Socialism. Lisa Rofel. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. xvi. 330 pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index
The original translocal society and its modern fate
Fei Xiaotong, the doyen of Chinese anthropologists, summarizing Chinese society in the 1930s, described it as essentially “earth-bound”. In rendering his Chinese term xiangtu as earth-bound, rather than rural or rustic, he emphasized land and its essential part in Chinese society. He said so without ambiguity: rural people carry the smell of the earth; they do because they depend on it for their livelihood. His whole book of essays builds upon th…
Village life in Hong Kong
Uneasy Reunions
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · China (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (1 work)