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Deep China

The Moral Life of the Person

Arthur Kleinman author Everett Zhang author Yunxiang Yan author Jing Jun author Dr Sing Lee author Pan Tianshu author Wu Fei author Jinhua Guo author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:14th Oct '11

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"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.

"Essential... This is one of the most important books on China to be published in recent years." -- Susan D. Blum, The University of Notre Dame The China Journal "This book should be highly praised... Good reading for anyone interested in Sinology, politics, economics, anthropology, sociology and mental health." -- Diana Soeiro Metapsychology Online Review "Fascinating... Deep China seeks to explore through the lenses of psychiatry and sociology the effects on the individual." -- Rui Zheng British Journal Of Psychiatry

ISBN: 9780520269453

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm

Weight: 454g

322 pages