Despite growing affluence, a large number of urban Chinese have problems making ends meet. Based on ethnographic research among several different types of communities in Guangzhou, China, Soup, Love and a Helping Hand examines different modes and ideologies of help/support, as well as the related issues of reciprocity, relatedness (kinship), and changing state-society relations in contemporary China. With an emphasis on the subjective experience, Fleischer’s research carefully explores people’s ideas about moral obligations, social expectations, and visions of urban Chinese society.
| ISBN: | 9781785336553 |
| Publication date: | 21st February 2018 |
| Author: | Friederike Fleischer |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 194 pages |
| Series: | Asian Anthropologies |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Urban communities |