Hygiene, sociality, and culture in contemporary rural China : the uncanny new village / Lili Lai.

This book presents a new perspective on attempts by the contemporary Chinese government to transform the diverse conditions found in countless rural villages into what the state's social welfare program deems "socialist new villages." Lili Lai argues that an ethnographic focus on the...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Lai, Lili (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2016.
Series:	China's environment and welfare.
Subjects:	China > Rural conditions. Rural-urban relations > China. Villages > China. Public welfare > China. Public welfare. Rural conditions. Rural-urban relations. Villages. China.