John Osburg is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Rochester.
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.
發表於2024-05-17
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花瞭近一個月的時間看完瞭這本書,讀完纔發現原來在身邊習以為常的明/潛規則的成因是這樣復雜隱晦又因國情而獨特。官僚、商人、服務性行業從業者各有各的光鮮及苦衷,抱著各自的目的,結自己的關係網,用或卑劣或或精妙的手段追尋榮華富貴。 書中讓我深有感觸的還是女性的不易...
評分花瞭近一個月的時間看完瞭這本書,讀完纔發現原來在身邊習以為常的明/潛規則的成因是這樣復雜隱晦又因國情而獨特。官僚、商人、服務性行業從業者各有各的光鮮及苦衷,抱著各自的目的,結自己的關係網,用或卑劣或或精妙的手段追尋榮華富貴。 書中讓我深有感觸的還是女性的不易...
評分敢於這樣的嘗試,至少讓我們從文字上感知,作者官網,可適讀http://www.sup.org/books/extra/?id=21527&i=Excerpt_from_the_Introduction_pages
評分敢於這樣的嘗試,至少讓我們從文字上感知,作者官網,可適讀http://www.sup.org/books/extra/?id=21527&i=Excerpt_from_the_Introduction_pages
評分敢於這樣的嘗試,至少讓我們從文字上感知,作者官網,可適讀http://www.sup.org/books/extra/?id=21527&i=Excerpt_from_the_Introduction_pages
圖書標籤: 人類學 海外中國研究 中國 當代中國 社會學 anthropology 民族誌 社會史
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評分其中一章是剛來美國在development anthropology課上讀的,那會還蠻激動的。在AAA聽過作者本人說他怎麼做的田野
評分好書,當是小說看。讀的時候讓我想起瞭以前有個老師,很喜歡拉他的女研究生一起和官員吃飯,for the instrucmental purpose of pleasing the offcial in order that the offcial can provide data for his study
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Anxious Wealth 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載