The Ordinary & The Extraordinary: An Anthropological Study of Chinese Reform and the 1989 People's movement in Beijing / Edition 1

by Frank N Pieke

Overview

First Published in 1996. This study is the outcome of eight-months' fieldwork in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China (PRC), from 8 November 1988 to 17 June 1989. The original purpose of the fieldwork had been to acquire a grass-roots perspective on the dynamics of Chinese state socialist society under the impact of ten years of reform. This was extended to include People's Movement. The central questions this book therefore tries to answer are: how can these two different fieldwork experiences be reconciled with each other, and what do they tell us about the dynamics of Chinese culture and society?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780710305404
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/04/1996
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Construction of a Fieldwork Project in the People’s Republic of China; Part 1 Theory; Chapter 2 Anthropology and the Study of Practice; Part 2 The Ordinary; introduction1 Introduction; Chapter 3 The Structure of China’s Urban Society; Chapter 4 Changes and Continuities Under the Reforms; Part 3 The Extraordinary; intoduction2 Introduction; Chapter 5 The Tradition of Protest; Chapter 6 The People’s Movement; Part 4 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Conclusion;