Routledge Handbook of Chinese Culture and Society.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- Notes on contributors -- PART I State, society and education -- 1 The state and privatisation: the chase for cash and its whitewash -- 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 -- PART II Urban China -- 8 Rural migrant workers in Chinese cities -- 9 Urban neighbourhoods -- 10 Rural-urban migration and social inequality in urban China -- PART III Rural China -- 11 Social transformation in rural China -- 12 Rural Chinese families: the continuing relevance of moral obligation -- 13 Popular resistance in rural China -- 14 The cultural politics of labour in postsocialist China: the case of rural migrant workers -- PART IV Gender, sexuality and reproduction -- 15 Prostitution and masculinity -- 16 One child and more -- 17 Gender and the other -- 18 Patriarchies old and new in Chinese society -- PART V Popular culture and media -- 19 Mobile and protests: how mobile phones change political activism in contemporary China -- 20 Philanthropy, celebrity and governance in mainland China -- 21 Corruption and officialdom: Chinese dynasty TV drama as political discourse -- 22 Microblogs and the transformation of political debate -- 23 Screening sexualities, identities and politics: queer cinema in contemporary China -- 24 Transformations of Chinese cuisines -- 25 Investigative journalism in China: pushing the limits between the 1990s and 2013 -- PART VI Religion and ethnicity -- 26 Religion and social change in reform-era China -- 27 Christianity, culture and politics in contemporary China -- 28 Ethnic minorities and religion -- 29 Ethnic identity and inter-ethnic relations in contemporary China -- Index.

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.

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