Full Description
"Deep China" investigates the emotional and moral lives of the Chinese people as they adjust to the challenges of modernity. Sharing a medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry perspective, Arthur Kleinman, Yunxiang Yan, Jing Jun, Sing Lee, Everett Zhang, Pan Tianshu, Wu Fei, and Guo Jinhua delve into intimate and sometimes hidden areas of personal life and social practice to observe and narrate the drama of Chinese individualization. The essays explore the remaking of the moral person during China's profound social and economic transformation, unraveling the shifting practices and struggles of contemporary life.
Contents
Preface Introduction: Remaking the Moral Person in a New China 1. The Changing Moral Landscape Yunxiang Yan 2. From Commodity of Death to Gift of Life Jing Jun 3. China's Sexual Revolution Everett Yuehong Zhang 4. Place Attachment, Communal Memory, and the Moral Underpinnings of Gentrification in Postreform Shanghai Pan Tianshu 5. Depression: Coming of Age in China Sing Lee 6. Suicide, a Modern Problem in China Wu Fei 7. Stigma: HIV/AIDS, Mental Illness, and China's Nonpersons Guo Jinhua and Arthur Kleinman 8. Quests for Meaning Arthur Kleinman Glossary of Chinese Terms and Names Notes on Contributors Index
