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  • Ghetto at the Center of the World

    Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong

    by Gordon Mathews ...
    "Chungking Mansions is a microcosm of globalization . . . Anyone who seeks insights into the soft underbelly of global capitalism should read this book." —James L. Watson, coauthor of Village Life in Hong KongThere is nowhere else in the world quite like Chungking Mansions, a dilapidated seventeen-story commercial and residential structure in the heart of Hong Kong's tourist district. A ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The World in Guangzhou

    Africans and Other Foreigners in South China's Global Marketplace

    by Gordon Mathews,, Linessa Dan Lin, Yang Yang ...
    Only decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people from around the world go to make new lives, find themselves, or further their careers. A large number of these migrants are small-scale traders from Africa who deal in Chinese goods—often knockoffs or copies of high-end branded items—to send back to their home countries. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life After Death Today in the United States, Japan, and China

    by Gordon Mathews, Yang Yang, Miu Ying Kwong ...
    This book is about contemporary senses of life after death in the United States, Japan, and China.By collecting and examining hundreds of interviews with people from all walks of life in these three societies, the book presents and compares personally held beliefs, experiences, and interactions with the concept of life after death. Three major aspects covered by the book Include, but are certainly ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Hong Kong, China

    Learning to belong to a nation

    by Gordon Mathews, Eric Ma, Tai-Lok Lui ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
    The idea of ‘national identity’ is an ambiguous one for Hong Kong. Returned to the national embrace of China on 1 July 1997 after 150 years as a British colony, the concept of national identity and what it means to "belong to a nation" is a matter of great tension and contestation in Hong Kong.Written by three academic specialists on Hong Kong cultural identity, social history, and mass media, ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Norms and Illegality

    Intimate Ethnographies and Politics

    by Cristiana Panella, Isabella Clough Marinaro, Andrew Walsh, Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, Lorelei C. Mendoza, B. Lynne Milgram, Florence E. Babb, Michael Herzfeld, Walter E. Little, Gordon Mathews1, Alan Smart2 ...
    Norms and Illegality: Intimate Ethnographies and Politics explores liminal and illegal practices in relation to political control and cultural normativity. The contributors draw on years of ethnographic experiences in Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Italy, Madagascar, Mali, Philippines, and Thailand to study the contradictions of what is legal and illegal. They explore the production of illegal ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Global Culture/Individual Identity

    Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket

    by Gordon Mathews ...
    Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity?Global Culture/Individual ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Pursuits of Happiness

    Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective

    Edited by Gordon Mathews, Carolina Izquierdo ...
    Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being—defined as “the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society”—and the comparison of well-being within and across societies is a new and important area for anthropological inquiry. Distinctly different in ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Globalization from Below

    The World's Other Economy

    Edited by Gordon Mathews, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro, Carlos Alba Vega ...
    This book explores globalization as actually experienced by most of the world’s people, buying goods from street vendors brought by traders moving past borders and across continents under the radar of the law. The dimensions and practices of ‘globalization from below’ are depicted and analyzed in detail by a team of international scholars. Topics covered include the ‘New Silk Road’, African ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Japan's Changing Generations

    Are Young People Creating a New Society?

    Edited by Gordon Mathews, Bruce White ...
    Series series Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
    This book argues that 'the generation gap' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to that order. Rather, it signifies something more fundamental: the emergence of a new Japan, which may be quite different from the Japan of postwar decades. It argues that while young people in Japan in their teens, twenties and early thirties are ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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  • Chinese Religious Life

    Edited by David A. Palmer, Glenn Shive, Philip L. Wickeri ...
    Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this volume provides an in-depth introduction to religion in contemporary China. Instead of adopting the traditional focus on pre-modern religious history and doctrinal traditions, Chinese Religious Life examines the social dimensions of religious life, with essays devoted to religion in urban, rural, and ethnic minority settings; to the ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Happiness and the Good Life in Japan

    Edited by Wolfram Manzenreiter, Barbara Holthus ...
    Series series Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
    Contemporary Japan is in a state of transition, caused by the forces of globalization that are derailing its ailing economy, stalemating the political establishment and generating alternative lifestyles and possibilities of the self. Amongst this nascent change, Japanese society is confronted with new challenges to answer the fundamental question of how to live a good life of meaning, purpose and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • China in the 21st Century:What Everyone Needs to Know

    by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs to Know
    The need to understand this global giant has never been more pressing: China is constantly in the news, yet conflicting impressions abound. Within one generation, China has transformed from an impoverished, repressive state into an economic and political powerhouse. In China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jeffrey Wasserstrom provides cogent answers to the most urgent questions ... Read more

    $10.99 USD