Margaret Hillenbrand

On the Edge

Feeling Precarious in China

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Produktbeschreibung

On the Edge probes precarity in contemporary China through the lens of the dark and angry cultural forms that chronic uncertainty has generated.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 230mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9780231212151
• ISBN-10: 0231212151
• Artikelnr.: 67825120

Autorenporträt

Margaret Hillenbrand is professor of modern Chinese literature and culture at the University of Oxford. Her previous books include Negative Exposures: Knowing What Not to Know in Contemporary China (2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Trial by Fire
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Grasping the Precarious
1. The Delegators
2. The Ragpickers
3. The Vocalists and the Ventriloquists
4. The Cliffhangers
5. The Microcelebrities
Conclusion: Viral Precarity
Notes
References
Index