Chinese Modernity and the Individual Psyche

2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-26895-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Reihe: Culture, Mind, and Society

Rapid industrialization, urbanization, and marketization have led to startling social changes in reform-era China. Mindful of the many forms of social theory that relate modernity to individualism, this volume addresses social and cultural change through the lens of psychological anthropology.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kipnis, A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Chinese Modernity and the Individual Psyche; Andrew B. Kipnis PART I: CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND SENSES OF SELF 1. Post-70s Artists and the Search for the Self in China; Ling-Yun Tang 2. "Selling Out" Post Mao: Dance Labor and the Ethics of Fulfillment in Reform Era China; Emily Wilcox 3. The Poetry of Spiritual Homelessness: A Creative Practice of Coping with Industrial Alienation; Wanning Sun PART II: FEMALE GENDER AND THE RELATIONAL PSYCHE 4. Gender Role Expectations and Chinese Mothers' Aspirations for their Toddler Daughters Future Independence and Excellence; Vanessa L. Fong, Cong Zhang, Sung won Kim, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Niobe Way, Xinyin Chen, Zuhong Lu and Huihua Deng 5. The Intimate Individual: Perspectives from the Mother-Daughter Relationship in Urban China; Harriet Evans 6. Modernization and Women's Fatalistic Suicide in Post-Mao Rural China: A Critique of Durkheim; Hyeon Jung Lee PART III: GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL PSYCHES IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA 7. Working to be Worthy: Shame and the Confucian Technology of Governing; Delia Lin 8. Private Lessons and National Formations: National Hierarchy and the Individual Psyche in the Marketing of Chinese Educational Programs; Andrew B. Kipnis 9. Psychiatric Subjectivity and Cultural Resistance: Experience and Explanations of Schizophrenia in Contemporary China; Zhiying Ma

Über Autor(innen)

Xinyin Chen, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Huihua Deng, Southeast University, USA
Harriet Evans, University of Westminster, USA
Vanessa L. Fong, Harvard University, USA
Sung won Kim, Harvard University, USA
Hyeon Jung Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
Delia Lin, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Zuhong Lu, Southeast University, USA
Zhiying Ma, University of Chicago, USA
Wanning Sun, University of Technology, Australia
Ling-Yun Tang, University of Hong Kong
Niobe Way, New York University, USA
Emily Wilcox, The College of William and Mary, USA
Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Harvard University, USA
Cong Zhang, Harvard University, USA