Routledge Handbook of Chinese Culture and Society

This is an interdisciplinary resource that offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary Chinese social and cultural issues in the twenty-first century. Forming an accessible insight into Chinese culture and society it will be invaluable to students and scholars of anthropology sociology politics culture and media studies. <p>The <i>Routledge Handbook of Chinese Culture and Society </i>is an interdisciplinary resource that offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary Chinese social and cultural issues in the twenty-first century.</p><p>Bringing together experts in their respective fields, this cutting-edge survey of the significant phenomena and directions in China today covers a range of issues including the following:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>State, privatisation and civil society</li> <p> </p> <li>Family and education</li> <p> </p> <li>Urban and rural life</li> <p> </p> <li>Gender, and sexuality and reproduction</li> <p> </p> <li>Popular culture and the media</li> <p> </p> <li>Religion and ethnicity</li> </ul><p>Forming an accessible and fascinating insight into Chinese culture and society, this handbook will be invaluable to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, area studies, history, politics and cultural and media studies.</p>