Thesis
Life in the rural Shanxi house: seasonal resonances and techniques of transformation in north-central China
- Abstract:
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This thesis gives an experiential account of notions of the home in contemporary rural China. Based on a year of fieldwork in a mountain village in rural Shanxi Province, the thesis explores everyday and ritual practices to investigate how people make themselves at home under conditions of political economic transformation. Villagers accommodate and resist conflicts of interest by negotiating boundaries of insiders and outsiders through the home. Differences of gender and generation come t...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2013
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:6998
- Deposit date:
- 2013-07-12
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- Copyright holder:
- Charlotte Bruckermann
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available in ORA.
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