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In Search of Paradise: Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis

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Description for In Search of Paradise: Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.

A new revolution in homeownership and living has been sweeping the booming cities of China. This time the main actors on the social stage are not peasants, migrants, or working-class proletariats but middle-class professionals and entrepreneurs in search of a private paradise in a society now dominated by consumerism. No longer seeking happiness and fulfillment through collective sacrifice and socialist ideals, they hope to find material comfort and social distinction in newly constructed gated communities. This quest for the good life is profoundly transforming the physical and social landscapes of urban China.

Li Zhang, who is from Kunming, the capital ... Read more

New, seemingly individualistic lifestyles mark a dramatic move away from yearning for a social utopia under Maoist socialism. Yet the privatization of property and urban living have engendered a simultaneous movement of public engagement among homeowners as they confront the encroaching power of the developers. This double movement of privatized living and public sphere activism, Zhang finds, is a distinctive feature of the cultural politics of the middle classes in contemporary China. Theoretically sophisticated and highly accessible, Zhang's account will appeal not only to those interested in China but also to anyone interested in spatial politics, middle-class culture, and postsocialist governing in a globalizing world.

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801475627
SKU
V9780801475627
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Li Zhang
Li Zhang is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. A 2008 Guggenheim Fellow, she is coeditor of Privatizing China: Socialism from Afar, also from Cornell, and author of Strangers in the City.

Reviews for In Search of Paradise: Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis
China's rapid urbanisation process and an emerging real estate market have become an eye-catching phenomenon in academic research. It not only greatly transformed the landscape of Chinese cities, but greatly altered the way urban Chinese live and think about their private space, public space and their traditional communities....Overall, this book is easy to read. It can be used as a ... Read more

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