China off center

China Off Center takes as its fundamental assumption that contemporary China can only be understood as a complex, decentralized place, where the view from above (Beijing) and from tourist buses is a skewed one. Instead of generalizing about China, it demonstrates that this diverse national terrain is better conceived as it is experienced by Chinese, as a set of many Chinas. To that end, this anthology of interpretive essays and ethnographic reports focuses on the everyday, the particular, the local, and the puzzling. Together with contextualizing introductions, the readings provide students with a compelling look at some little-known but significant aspects of China from the past decade; for those already familiar with China, they furnish an assortment of uncommon viewpoints in a single, convenient volume.Foreword by Prasenjit DuaraContributors: A. Doak Barnett, Susan D. Blum, Diane Dorfman, Mary S. Erbaugh, Edward Friedman, Vincent E. Gil, Dru Gladney, Erwin J. Haeberle, Lionel M. Jensen, Andrew F. Jones, Eric Ivan Karchmer, Liu Binyan, Dalin Liu, Man Lun Ng, S. Robert Ramsey, Dorothy J. Solinger, Ann Tyson, James Tyson, Sydney White, David Yen-ho Wu, Li Ping Zhou

Agency (philosophy) · Archaeology · Art · Beijing · Cartography · Center (category theory) · China · Ethnography · Geography · Political science · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Viewpoints · Visual arts · Chinese history and philosophy · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · 1976 · Anthropology · Cultural · Cultural Policy · Popular culture · Public policy · Social conditions

• The Predicament of Culture

  James Clifford•Predicament of Culture•1988

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• Linguistic Culture and Language Policy

  Harold F Schiffman•Linguistic Culture and Language…•1996

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• Sex in China

  Open Access•Fang Fu Ruan, Fang Fu Fang Fu Ruan•Sex in China•1991

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• Cultural Complexity

  Ulf Hannerz•Cultural Complexity•1993

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• Self Consciousness

  Anthony P Cohen, Anthony Cohen•Self Consciousness•2002

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• 'Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated'

  Jeff Fitzgerald, John Fitzgerald•China Deconstructs•2002

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• Regional Stereotypes in China

  Lung-Chang Young•Chinese Studies in History•1988

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• Imperial Marriage in the Native Chinese and Non-Han State, Han to Ming

  Jennifer Holmgren•Marriage and inequality in…•1991

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• Shifts in Marriage Finance from the Sixth to the Thirteenth Century

  Patricia Buckley Ebrey•Marriage and inequality in…•1991

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• Manufacturing Confucianism

  Kai-Wing Chow, Lionel M Jensen•The American Historical Review•1999

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• From The Death of Woman Wang (1978)

  Jonathan D Spence, Jonathan Spence•Artful History•2020

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• The National Question in Marxist-Leninist Theory and Strategy, by Walker Connor

  Open Access•Peter Juviler, Peter H Juviler•Political Science Quarterly•1985

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• China's Writers, the Nobel Prize, and the International Politics of Literature

  Wendy Larson, Richard Curt Kraus et al.•The Australian Journal of Chinese…•1989

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• Where Mao Went Wrong

  Brantly Womack•The Australian Journal of Chinese…•1986

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• The Chinese High Command

  Open Access•William W Whitson, Chen-Hsia Huang•Chinese High Command•1973

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• Immigrant America

  Alejandro Portes, Rubén G Rumbaut•Choice Reviews Online•1997

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• Did Marco Polo go to China

  Frances Wood•Asian Affairs•1996

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• The new helots

  Robin Cohen•The new helots•1987

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• Undocumented Workers in the United States and South Africa

  Martin West, M L West et al.•Human Organization•1989

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• Homosexuality in chinese culture

  Open Access•M P Lau, M L Ng•Culture Medicine and Psychiatry•1989

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• The politics of culture or a contest of histories

  Open Access•Stephan Feuchtwang, M Wang et al.•Dialectical Anthropology•1991

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• Government Policy and National Integration in Indonesia

  Leo Suryadinata•Asian journal of social science•1988

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• Great Perfection

  Philip Clart, Terry F Kleeman•Asian Folklore Studies•1999

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• The Myth of Marginality

  Open Access•Warren Dean•Political Science Quarterly•1977

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• An ethnography of HIV/Aids and sexuality in the People's Republic of China

  Vincent E Gil•The Journal of Sex Research•1991

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• Almost a Revolution

  Patricia Dorff, Shen Tong•Foreign Affairs•1991

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• Chinese Awakenings

  Donald Zagoria, Ronald J Zagoria et al.•Foreign Affairs•1995

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• Harvard on China

  Joseph Esherick, Joseph W Esherick•Bulletin of Concerned Asian…•1972

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• In search of equality

  A Tom Grunfeld•Bulletin of Concerned Asian…•1985

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• "The Hakka or "Guest People

  Myron L Cohen•Ethnohistory•1968

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• State and Society in Contemporary China

  Open Access•Elizabeth J Perry•World Politics•1989

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• Social Psychology in the Late Qing Period

  Open Access•Lung-Kee Sun•Modern China•1992

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• The Shed People and the Opening of the Yangzi Highlands

  Open Access•Stephen C Averill•Modern China•1983

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• Subculture

  Dick Hebdige•1991

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• Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture

  B Ortner, Sherry B Ortner•Feminist Studies•1972

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• A Daughter of Han, The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman

  Paul Frederick Cressey, Ida Pruitt•American Sociological Review•1946

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• The Soong Dynasty

  Open Access•Sterling Seagrave•Verfassung in Recht und Übersee•1986

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• Like a Knife

  Tim Brace, Andrew F Jones•Asian Music•1994

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• Six theses regarding the anthropology of African religious movements

  Johannes Fabian•Religion•1981

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• Popular Music in Contemporary Beijing

  Tim Brace•Asian Music•1991

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• Sojourners versus New Urbanites

  Joan M Nelson•Economic Development and Cultural…•1976

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• Poverty and Prejudice

  R D Lobban, Frances Finnegan•The Economic History Review•1984

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• The Flying Phoenix

  Judith Magee Boltz, David K Jordan et al.•Journal of the American Oriental…•1989

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• Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China

  Teng Shou-Hsin, Winfred P Lehmann•Journal of the American Oriental…•1978

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• Biographical Dictionary of Republican China

  Immanuel C Y Hsu, Howard L Boorman et al.•Journal of the American Oriental…•1975

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• Evaluational reactions to spoken languages

  Wallace E Lambert, R C Hodgson et al.•Journal of Abnormal & Social…•1960

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• The Demise of the Dragon

  Open Access•Alice De Jong•China Information•1989

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• The Moral Economy of the Kiangsi Soviet (1928-1934)

  Open Access•James M Polachek•The Journal of Asian Studies•1983

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• Urbanization and Political Demand Making

  Open Access•Wayne A Cornelius•American Political Science Review•1974

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• The Theoretical Foundations of Chinese Medicine

  Hugh Mclennan, Manfred Porkert•Pacific Affairs•1974

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• Southern Chinese dialects as a medium for reconciliation within Greater China

  Open Access•Mary S Erbaugh•Language in Society•1995

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• Fortune-Tellers and Philosophers

  David Johnson, David W Johnson et al.•Pacific Affairs•1994

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• Knowing Practice

  Harvey Schipper, K Minden et al.•Pacific Affairs•1995

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• The last emperor of China

  Open Access•Jerome Ch''En, Jerome Ch'En•Bulletin of the School of…•1965

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• The Miao and Poison

  Open Access•Norma Diamond•Ethnology•1988

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• Political Systems of Highland Burma

  E R Leach, Edmund Leach•Political Systems of Highland Burma•2021

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• New Perspectives on Chu Culture during the Eastern Zhou Period

  Joseph S C Lam, Joseph Lam et al.•Ethnomusicology•1993

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• Language Problems of Developing Nations

  Mary Sanches, Joshua A Fishman et al.•Social Forces•1970

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• Cultural Politics in an Age of Statistics

  Open Access•Jacqueline Urla•American Ethnologist•1993

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• Ethnicity, Local Interests, and the State

  Open Access•Harrell, Stevan Harrell•Comparative Studies in Society…•1990

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• The Gift Economy and State Power in China

  Open Access•Mayfair Mei-Hui Yang, Miao-Miao Yang•Comparative Studies in Society…•1989

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