Routledge Handbook of Chinese Culture and Society

<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> <li>State, privatisation and civil society</li> <li>Family and education</li> <li>Urban and rural life</li> <li>Gender, and sexuality and reproduction</li> <li>Popular culture and the media</li> <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> <p><strong>Part 1: State, Society and Education </strong>1. State and Privatisation 2. Civil Society and its Challenges 3. Schooling in China 4. Migrant Children’s Education 5. Youth, Exams and the Pressure to Conform 6. HIV/AIDS 7. Language and the Construction of Difference <strong>Part 2: Urban China </strong>8.<strong> </strong>Rural Migrant Workers in Chinese Cities 9. Urban Neighbourhoods 10. Rural-Urban Migration and Social Differentiation in Urban China <strong>Part 3: Rural China </strong>11.<strong> </strong>Social Transformation in Rural China 12. Rural Chinese Families: The Continuing Relevance of Moral Obligation 13. Popular resistance in Rural China 14. Environmental and Social Change in Rural China 15. The Cultural Politics of Labour in Postsocialist China: The case of rural migrant workers <strong>Part 4: Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction </strong>16. Prostitution and Masculinities 17. One Child and More 18. Gender and the Other 19. Patriarchies Old and New In Chinese Society <strong>Part 5: Popular Culture and Media </strong>20. Mobiles and Protest 21. Philanthropy, Celebrity and Governance in Mainland China 22. Corruption and Officialdom: Chinese Dynasty TV Drama as Political Discourse 23. Microblogs and the Transformation of Political Debate 24. Screening Sexualities, Identities and Politics: Queer Cinema in Postsocialist China 25. Transformations of Chinese Cuisines 26. Investigative Journalism in China <strong>Part 6: Religion and Ethnicity </strong>27. Religion and Social Change in Reform-Era China 28. Christianity, Culture and Politics in Contemporary China 29. Ethnic Minorities and Religion 30. Ethnic Identity and Inter-Ethnic Relations in Contemporary China</p>