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The Chinese pursuit of happiness : anxieties, hopes, and moral tensions in everyday life

Hsu, Becky Yang, 1975- editor, Madsen, Richard, 1941- editor

Overview

\"What is happiness and how can we get it? The way people in China ask and try to answer these universal questions tells a lot about the tensions in Chinese culture and society during the present time of political and economic change. These essays by a team of researchers illuminate the causes of anxiety and reasons for hope in China today. They vividly describe the moral dilemmas experienced in contemporary family life, the rituals of happiness performed in modern weddings, the practices of conviviality carried out in shared meals, the professional tensions confronted by social workers, and the hopes and frustrations shared by political reformers\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Subject: Happiness China. / Happiness Social aspects China. / Stress (Psychology) Social aspects China. / Anxiety Social aspects China. / China Social conditions 2000-
• ISBN: 9780520306318, 0520306317, 9780520306325, 0520306325

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
BF575.H27 C485 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE