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Pál Nyíri - Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China - 9780295990156 - V9780295990156
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Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China

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Description for Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China Hardback. Chinese citizens are becoming increasingly mobile, both inside China and abroad. China is caught between perceived benefits and dangers posed by mobility, complicated by the government's own conflicting impulses to support and discourage it. This book demonstrates this balance through an in-depth look at patterns of migration and state response. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.

Chinese citizens are becoming increasingly mobile, both inside China and abroad, as migrant workers, tourists, and students. China is caught between perceived benefits and dangers posed by mobility, complicated by the government’s own conflicting impulses to support and discourage it. Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China demonstrates this intricate balance through an in-depth look at patterns of migration and state response.

Pál Nyíri argues that the loosening of China’s restrictions on internal and international migration, its promotion of domestic tourism, and its increasingly positive portrayal of migrants all follow a similar logic in which mobility comes to epitomize ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Donald R. Ellegood International Publications
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295990156
SKU
V9780295990156
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Pál Nyíri
Pál Nyíri is professor of global history from an anthropological perspective at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Among his publications are Scenic Spots: Chinese Tourism, the State, and Cultural Authority and, with Joana Breidenbach, Seeing Culture Everywhere, from Genocide to Consumer Habits.

Reviews for Mobility and Cultural Authority in Contemporary China
"Appealing to a broader audience of non-China specialists who have been interested in considering mobility in similar ways. . . the book will also appeal to its more direct audience of China scholars working on migration, tourism, leisure and cultural studies."
Tim Oakes
The China Journal
"The audacity of many of the points make you think and ... Read more

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