Ten Thousand Things: Nurturing Life in Contemporary Beijing

by Judith Farquhar and Qicheng Zhang

Book Overview

The myriad ways Beijing residents understand and nurture the good life, drawing on cultural resources ranging from ancient metaphysics to modern media.

Ten Thousand Things explores the many forms of life, or, in ancient Chinese parlance "the ten thousand things" that life is and is becoming, in contemporary Beijing and beyond. Coauthored by an American anthropologist and a Chinese philosopher, the book examines the myriad ways...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935408186
• ISBN13: 9781935408185
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher