China and Postsocialist Anthropology: Theorizing Power and Society After Communism

By Andrew Kipnis

Book Overview

A sophisticated and insightful analysis of post-socialist regimes seen through the prism of the Chinese case. Author Andrew Kipnis is solidly versed in social theory and conceptual anthropology building on his in-depth, on-the-ground knowledge of today's China. Kipnis is Senior Fellow in the Contemporary China Centre of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at Australian National University and co-editor of The China Journal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599880105
• ISBN13: 9781599880105
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises
• Length: 256 Pages