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2024-11-22
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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...
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...
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
周末兩天抽空讀完瞭,我不喜歡染缸,厭惡。
評分寫得還是相當不錯的,材料很豐富,對於中國語境下的術語和概念,理解得蠻精確的。將「新富」群體放在傳統的「關係」以及晚近的「ethics and morality」概念下談,齣發點蠻好的,但是整體的討論顯得非常散,不曉得為什麼。。。
評分除卻對中國“middle-class”的定義不明外,其他讀來甚是informative。
評分民族誌部分很有意思,外國人身份看來為這個研究提供瞭很大的便利。理論部分就完全是眼高手低的典範,不要想搞個大新聞,就把波蘭尼布迪厄嚴海蓉批判一番,反倒感覺作者並沒有吃透這些人的邏輯。。。
評分2.5星。一開始看是因為田野地點在成都讓我覺得好奇。前麵introduction寫得還挺有意思,談到性彆關係是作為new rich 焦慮的manifestation,但是這一點在後文論述並不足。真正涉及到性彆的隻有第五章。越到後文越有一種隻是在記錄軼事的潦草感。分析都是比較錶麵性的。最後結論來一個稍微結構性的批評還是說中國集權體製如何如何。理想讀者群自然不是我這樣的局內人。不過2013年齣版,裏麵都是零幾年的材料時效性方麵感覺還是做得不太好啊。前兩章讀一讀就差不多瞭。
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