1st Edition
The Social Sciences And Fieldwork In China Views From The Field
161 Pages
by
Routledge
161 Pages
by
Routledge
161 Pages
by
Routledge
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Following the formation of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1977 and the beginning of a Sino-American scholarly exchange program in October 1978, a small number of foreigners has been able to conduct fieldwork in China after a hiatus of over thirty years. Welcomed though these new opportunities were by potential U.S. field researchers, the initial stage of enthusiasm was shortly... Read more
Preface -- Social Science and Fieldwork in China: Context and Constraints -- The Social Sciences and Fieldwork in China: An Overview -- Sociology and Anthropology in China: Revitalization and Its Constraints -- On Studying China at a Distance -- Views from the Field -- The New Face of Rural China: Kaixiangong Revisited after Half a Century -- Field Research in China's Communes: Views of a “Guest” -- Taitou Revisited: Prospects for Community Restudies -- Ethnographic Fieldwork in Rural Guangdong: The Virtues of Flexibility
Biography
Anne F. Thurston, Burton Pasternak
