This volume explores irony and cynicism as part of the social life of local communities in China, and specifically in relation to the contemporary Chinese state. It collects ethnographies of irony and cynicism in social action, written by a group of anthropologists who specialise in China. They use the lenses of irony and cynicism - broadly defined to include resignation, resis...(展开全部)

This volume explores irony and cynicism as part of the social life of local communities in China, and specifically in relation to the contemporary Chinese state. It collects ethnographies of irony and cynicism in social action, written by a group of anthropologists who specialise in China. They use the lenses of irony and cynicism - broadly defined to include resignation, resis...(展开全部)

The Chinese Postmodern is a pioneering study of contemporary Chinese avant-garde fiction from the perspective of cultural and literary postmodernity, historical trauma, and rhetorical irony. Showcasing the talents of such major writers as Can Xue, Ge Fei, Ma Yuan, Mo Yan, Xu Xiaohe, and Yu Hua, this volume focuses on the interplay between historical psychology and representatio...(展开全部)

The Chinese Postmodern is a pioneering study of contemporary Chinese avant-garde fiction from the perspective of cultural and literary postmodernity, historical trauma, and rhetorical irony. Showcasing the talents of such major writers as Can Xue, Ge Fei, Ma Yuan, Mo Yan, Xu Xiaohe, and Yu Hua, this volume focuses on the interplay between historical psychology and representatio...(展开全部)

A critical assessment of the preoccupations of contemporary society and the political crisis posed by cynicism. Melancholic and introspective, ironical and apolitical, the urban cynic is a myth of our time. A casualty of modernization? Or a product of postmodernism? In this original and provocative book, Timothy Bewes undertakes a descent into the modern cynical consciousness, ...(展开全部)

A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present. Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly—“I hate to be a cynic, but..."—before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic, always on the take, contemporary cynicism has nothing positive to contribute. The ...(展开全部)

A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present. Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves half-heartedly—“I hate to be a cynic, but..."—before making their pronouncements. Narrowly opportunistic, always on the take, contemporary cynicism has nothing positive to contribute. The ...(展开全部)

http://www.cambridge.org/cn/academic/subjects/archaeology/archaeology-asia-sub-saharan-africa-and-pacific/violence-kinship-and-early-chinese-state-shang-and-their-world?format=HB#d2yFGCHpzWjAp6sh.97 Situated between myth and history, the Shang has been hailed both as China's first historical dynasty and as one of the world's primary civilizations. This book is an up-to-date syn...(展开全部)

Providing a unique perspective on China's changing relationship with religion, this groundbreaking book explores the role the Chinese state continues to play in religious revival today. Throughout China, spaces for religious expression and practice have been rebuilt, revived, and contrived for display by local officials hoping to cash in on tourist revenue. Faiths on Display ar...(展开全部)

Providing a unique perspective on China's changing relationship with religion, this groundbreaking book explores the role the Chinese state continues to play in religious revival today. Throughout China, spaces for religious expression and practice have been rebuilt, revived, and contrived for display by local officials hoping to cash in on tourist revenue. Faiths on Display ar...(展开全部)