Artisan Work and Life in Taiwan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6008534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald R Deglopper (Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 283-315 |
| Publication date | 1979-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-7004 • E-ISSN: 1552-6836 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/009770047900500302 |
| OpenAlex | W2078493568 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 7 |
Artisans have been curiously neglected by students of Chinese society. Even though they are one of the four Classical status categories (scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants) and played an essential role in China's economy and urban society, they have remained, like the stagehands in Chinese theatre, almost invisible. They have been taken for granted and so overlooked. It is possible to learn a fair amount about Chinese crafts, but very difficult to find out about the people who practiced those crafts. In part this is a consequence of the common habit of thinking of Chinese society in overly simple dichotomous terms, such as elite and folk, gentry and peasantry, or traditional and modern. Not only do artisans not fit into the picture of China composed of long-fingernailed classical scholars on the one hand, and earthy peasants on the other, but they also escape the attention
Aesthetics · Art · China · Chinese society · Elite · Gentry · Habit · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2001 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |