Soup, Love, and a Helping Hand

Social Relations and Support in Guangzhou, China
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78533-655-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 443 g

Reihe: Asian Anthropologies

Despite growing affluence, a large number of urban Chinese have problems making ends meet. Based on ethnographic research among several different types of communities in Guangzhou, China, Soup, Love and a Helping Hand examines different modes and ideologies of help/support, as well as the related issues of reciprocity, relatedness (kinship), and changing state-society relations in contemporary China. With an emphasis on the subjective experience, Fleischer’s research carefully explores people’s ideas about moral obligations, social expectations, and visions of urban Chinese society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fleischer, Friederike

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Map

List of Main Interlocutors

Introduction

PART I: SOUP

Chapter 1. “If Not His Child, Who Will Pay for His Living?”: Household and Kin-Based Support

Chapter 2. Neighbors and Friends

Chapter 3. Support and Reciprocity

PART II: LOVE

Chapter 4. Religious Revival

Chapter 5. The Church: Social and Religious Services

Chapter 6. Love: A Community of Believers

PART III: A HELPING HAND

Chapter 7. Philanthropy, Charity, and Volunteerism

Chapter 8. Inspirations and Motivations to Volunteer

Chapter 9. Volunteering: Governmentality and Agency

Conclusion: Soup, Love, and a Helping Hand: Urban Transformations and the Ethics of Social Support

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Fleischer, Friederike
Friederike Fleischer is Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. She was previously a post-doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany. She is the author of Surburban Beijing (2010), and co-editor of Ethnographies of Support (2013).