Hillenbrand, Margaret
On the Edge: Feeling Precarious in China
- ISBN 13:
- 9780231212151
- author:
- Hillenbrand, Margaret
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 408
- Dimensions:
- 22.6 x 15.2 x 3.6 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- History, Asia, China,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
China's social tensions simmer beneath the surface, manifesting in dark and angry cultural forms that reflect chronic uncertainty. In "On the Edge", Margaret Hillenbrand explores how precarious workers, artists, and citizens navigate a world of stifled emotions and surging anxiety. Through an interdisciplinary lens, Hillenbrand examines the volatile aesthetic forms that embody stifled social tensions and the vital role of culture in venting taboo feelings of rage, resentment, distrust, and disdain. This book sheds light on the distinctive Chinese experience and its implications for global understandings of entrenched insecurity and civic jeopardy. By tracing the ways in which people use culture to cope with cross-class antagonism and the erosion of social contract, Hillenbrand offers a nuanced analysis of China's precarious present.
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