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Soup, Love, and a Helping Hand: Social Relations and Support in Guangzhou, China

Posted By: arundhati
Soup, Love, and a Helping Hand: Social Relations and Support in Guangzhou, China

Friederike Fleischer, "Soup, Love, and a Helping Hand: Social Relations and Support in Guangzhou, China "
English | ISBN: 178533655X | 2018 | 194 pages | PDF | 1224 KB

Despite growing affluence, a large number of urban Chinese have problems making ends meet. Based on ethnographic research among several different types of communities in Guangzhou, China, Soup, Love and a Helping Hand examines different modes and ideologies of help/support, as well as the related issues of reciprocity, relatedness (kinship), and changing state-society relations in contemporary China. With an emphasis on the subjective experience, Fleischer’s research carefully explores people’s ideas about moral obligations, social expectations, and visions of urban Chinese society.
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