The Moral Life of the Person
Arthur Kleinman / Yunxiang Yan …
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Deep China investigates the emotional and moral lives of the Chinese people as they adjust to the challenges of modernity. Sharing a medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry perspective, Arthur Kleinman, Yunxiang Yan, Jing Jun, Sing Lee, Everett Zhang, Pan Tianshu, Wu Fei, and Guo Jinhua delve into intimate and sometimes hidden areas of personal life and social practice to observe and narrate the drama of Chinese individualization. The essays explore the remaking of the moral person during China’s profound social and economic transformation, unraveling the shifting practices and struggles of contemporary life.
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Preface ix
Introduction: Remaking the Moral Person in a New China 1
1. The Changing Moral Landscape 36
Yunxiang Yan
2. From Commodity of Death to Gift of Life 78
Jing Jun
3. China’s Sexual Revolution 106
Everett Yuehong Zhang
4. Place Attachment, Communal Memory, and the Moral Underpinnings of Gentrification in Postreform Shanghai 152
Pan Tianshu
5. Depression: Coming of Age in China 177
Sing Lee
6. Suicide, a Modern Problem in China 213
Wu Fei
7. Stigma: HIV/AIDS, Mental Illness, and China’s Nonpersons 237
Guo Jinhua and Arthur Kleinman
8. Quests for Meaning 263
Arthur Kleinman
Glossary of Chinese Terms and Names 291
Notes on Contributors 297
Index 299
