{"product_id":"producing-guanxi-sentiment-self-and-subculture-in-a-north-china-village-paperback","title":"Producing Guanxi: Sentiment, Self, and Subculture in a North China Village - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew B. Kipnis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout China the formation of \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e, or social connections, involves friends, families, colleagues, and acquaintances in complex networks of social support and sentimental attachment. Focusing on this process in one rural north China village, Fengjia, Andrew Kipnis shows what \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e production reveals about the evolution of village political economy, kinship and gender, and local patterns of subjectivity in Dengist China. His work offers a detailed description of the communicative actions--such as gift giving, being a host or guest, participating in weddings or funerals--that produce, manage, and deny \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e in a specific time and place. Kipnis also offers a rare comparative analysis of how these practices relate to the varied and variable phenomenon of \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e throughout China and as it has changed over time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProducing Guanxi\u003c\/i\u003e combines the theory of Pierre Bourdieu and the insights of symbolic anthropology to contest past portrayals of \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e as either a function of Chinese political economics or an unchanging Confucian social structure. In this analysis \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e emerges as a purposeful human effort that makes use of past cultural logics while generating new ones. By exploring the role of sentiment in the creation of self, Kipnis critiques recent theories of subjectivity for their narrow focus on language and discourse, and contributes to the anthropological discussion of comparative selfhood. Navigating a path between mainstream social science and abstract social theory, Kipnis presents a more nuanced examination of \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e than has previously been available and contributes generally to our understanding of relationships and human action. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn elegantly written, conceptually deft, and careful piece of work. I know of no other systematic contemporary attempt to theorize guanxi\" in a rural context. Kipnis's theoretically sophisticated involvement with current debates in anthropology will also ensure that this book is of interest to a scholarly audience both within and beyond the China field.\"-- Gail Hershatter, University of California, Santa Cruz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew B. Kipnis teaches at the Contemporary China Centre at Australian National University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45776774234309,"sku":"9780822318736","price":51.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/OFrSL0XKE-9780822318736.webp?v=1770553090","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/producing-guanxi-sentiment-self-and-subculture-in-a-north-china-village-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}