Unknotting the Heart : Unemployment and Therapeutic Governance in China /

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Since the mid-1990s, as China has downsized and privatized its state-owned enterprises, severe unemployment has created a new class of urban poor and widespread social and psychological disorders. In Unknotting the Heart, Jie Yang examines this understudied group of workers and their experiences of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Yang, Jie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Anthropology.
Asian Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. The "Heart" of China's Economy
  • Part I. Therapeutic Governance
  • 1. Happiness and Self-Reflexivity as Therapy
  • 2. "We Help You Help Yourself"
  • 3. Sending "Warmth" and Therapy
  • 4. Thought Work and Talk Therapy
  • Part II. Gender and Psychological Labor
  • 5. Peiliao and Psychological Labor
  • 6. Job Burnout or Suppressed Anger?
  • Conclusion. Therapeutic Politics And Kindly Power
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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