John Osburg is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Rochester.
发表于2024-11-21
Anxious Wealth 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
花了近一个月的时间看完了这本书,读完才发现原来在身边习以为常的明/潜规则的成因是这样复杂隐晦又因国情而独特。官僚、商人、服务性行业从业者各有各的光鲜及苦衷,抱着各自的目的,结自己的关系网,用或卑劣或或精妙的手段追寻荣华富贵。 书中让我深有感触的还是女性的不易...
评分Osburg’s approach that heavily relies on the case studies recorded from ethnographic fieldwork has rendered the volume reader-friendly in a novel-like style, however at the finance of being less convincing and critical theoretically. The extensive ethnogra...
评分花了近一个月的时间看完了这本书,读完才发现原来在身边习以为常的明/潜规则的成因是这样复杂隐晦又因国情而独特。官僚、商人、服务性行业从业者各有各的光鲜及苦衷,抱着各自的目的,结自己的关系网,用或卑劣或或精妙的手段追寻荣华富贵。 书中让我深有感触的还是女性的不易...
评分敢于这样的尝试,至少让我们从文字上感知,作者官网,可适读http://www.sup.org/books/extra/?id=21527&i=Excerpt_from_the_Introduction_pages
评分敢于这样的尝试,至少让我们从文字上感知,作者官网,可适读http://www.sup.org/books/extra/?id=21527&i=Excerpt_from_the_Introduction_pages
图书标签: 人类学 海外中国研究 中国 当代中国 社会学 anthropology 民族志 社会史
Who exactly are China's new rich? This pioneering investigation introduces readers to the private lives—and the nightlives—of the powerful entrepreneurs and managers redefining success and status in the city of Chengdu. Over the course of more than three years, anthropologist John Osburg accompanied, and in some instances assisted, wealthy Chinese businessmen as they courted clients, partners, and government officials.
Drawing on his immersive experiences, Osburg invites readers to join him as he journeys through the new, highly gendered entertainment sites for Chinese businessmen, including karaoke clubs, saunas, and massage parlors—places specifically designed to cater to the desires and enjoyment of elite men. Within these spaces, a masculinization of business is taking place. Osburg details the complex code of behavior that governs businessmen as they go about banqueting, drinking, gambling, bribing, exchanging gifts, and obtaining sexual services.
These intricate social networks play a key role in generating business, performing social status, and reconfiguring gender roles. But many entrepreneurs feel trapped by their obligations and moral compromises in this evolving environment. Ultimately, Osburg examines their deep ambivalence about China's future and their own complicity in the major issues of post-Mao Chinese society—corruption, inequality, materialism, and loss of trust.
周末两天抽空读完了,我不喜欢染缸,厌恶。
评分我为什么觉得他写得很啰嗦啊,被指定的章节没有觉得看得很inspiring! 感觉民族志part写得确实写得不错,因为作为一个外国人的视角来的容易一些。看到他写自己出现在那些场合,是作为国际友人撑场面的需要时笑了: 这样的事情太多了,都已经成了外国人在中国的外汇之一了好吧。
评分比博士论文做了不少改动。材料还比较丰富,讨论散。。
评分材料详实,但感觉洞见不多,也略微缺少当代性,当然,这就不能blame作者了
评分补标,今天重见小时候做噩梦的油腻猪头们想起这本书。成都官商关系实录,ktv是试验场。但对贿赂的描述没涉及土地权的实质,搞得好像是双方道德问题:)
Anxious Wealth 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书