Reclaiming Chinese Society The New Social Activismyoutien Hsingching Kwan Lee

__Reclaiming Chinese Society__ analyses the mechanisms, processes and actors producing a wide spectrum of social and cultural changes in reform China. Contrary to most literature that emphasizes economic and political processes at the expense of Chinese society, this volume argues for the centrality of the social in understanding Chinese development. Each of the eleven chapters addresses one type of grassroots activism, covering feminist activism, civic environmentalism, religious revival, violence, film, media, intellectuals, housing, citizenship and deprivation. The wide-range of research styles used in this collection, including ethnography, regional comparison, quantitative and statistical analysis, interviews, textual and content analysis, offers students a methodologically rich vista to China Studies. Written by subject experts and covering all aspects of Chinese Society, this book offers an authoritative overview of Chinese society. It is an invaluable resource for courses on Chinese Society and culture and will be of interest to students and scholars in Chinese and Asian studies. Du site de l'éd.: Reclaiming Chinese Society analyses the mechanisms, processes and actors producing a wide spectrum of social and cultural changes in reform China. Contrary to most literature that emphasizes economic and political processes at the expense of Chinese society, this volume argues for the centrality of the social in understanding Chinese development. Each of the eleven chapters addresses one type of grassroots activism, covering feminist activism, civic environmentalism, religious revival, violence, film, media, intellectuals, housing, citizenship and deprivation. The wide-range of research styles used in this collection, including ethnography, regional comparison, quantitative and statistical analysis, interviews, textual and content analysis, offers students a methodologically rich vista to China Studies. Written by subject experts and covering all aspects of Chinese Society, this book offers an authoritative overview of Chinese society. It is an invaluable resource for courses on Chinese Society and culture and will be of interest to students and scholars in Chinese and Asian studies Social Activism In China: Agency And Possibility / Ching Kwan Lee And You-tien Hsing -- Urban Housing Mobilizations / You-tien Hsing -- Workers And The Quest For Citizenship / Ching Kwan Lee -- Barefoot Lawyers And Rural Conflicts / Xing Ying -- Peasant Resistance Against Nature Reserves / Melinda Herrold-menzies -- Feminist Networks / Wang Zheng -- Civic Environmentalism / Guobin Yang -- Religious Revival / Richard Madsen -- Film As Cultural Politics / Seio Nakajima -- Bounded Innovations In The Media / Zhongdang Pan -- Inner City Culture Wars / Max D. Woodworth -- Politics Of Cultural Heritage / Magnus Fiskesjö. Edited By You-tien Hsing And Ching Kwan Lee. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Interdisciplinary Studies Book Cover 1 Title 8 Copyright 9 Contents 10 Contributors 12 1 Social activism in China: Agency and possibility 14 Part I Politics of (re)distribution 28 2 Urban housing mobilizations 30 3 Workers and the quest for citizenship 55 4 Barefoot lawyers and rural conflicts 77 5 Peasant resistance against nature reserves 96 Part II Politics of recognition 112 6 Feminist networks 114 7 Civic environmentalism 132 8 Religious revival 153 Part III Politics of representation 170 9 Film as cultural politics 172 10 Bounded innovations in the media 197 11 Inner city culture wars 220 12 Politics of cultural heritage 238 Index 259 Analyses the mechanisms, processes and actors producing a wide spectrum of social and cultural changes in reform China. Contrary to most literature that emphasize economic and political processes at the expense of Chinese society, the book argues for the centrality of the social in understanding Chinese development