Bitter and Sweet: Food, Meaning, and Modernity in Rural China Ellen Oxfeld Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2017 xv + 215 pp. £27.95; $34.95 ISBN 978-0-52029352-6
In: The China quarterly, Band 232, S. 1125-1126
ISSN: 1468-2648
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In: The China quarterly, Band 232, S. 1125-1126
ISSN: 1468-2648
In: Studies in social analysis, volume 2
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In: Social analysis: journal of cultural and social practice, Band 64, Heft 3, S. 1-25
ISSN: 1558-5727
A statue of stainless steel cast in China and placed at the entrance of the new National Stadium in Mozambique sparked controversy between Chinese donors and Mozambican recipients in the period leading up to the stadium's 2011 inauguration. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among the Mozambican and Chinese nationals involved in the project, we explore the multiple misunderstandings surrounding the statue and show how they came to define Sino-Mozambican relations. Entextualized through materiality, the misunderstandings assumed a monumental form in the statue, and the message of mutual incomprehension continued to reverberate across the social terrain of Sino-Mozambican relations long after the statue itself had been removed. Misunderstandings, we argue, should not be dismissed as ephemeral communicative glitches, but seen as productive events that structure social relations.
In: Journal of current Chinese affairs, Band 48, Heft 3, S. 243-261
ISSN: 1868-4874
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In: Mobilities, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 555-569
ISSN: 1745-011X
Friendship empire: How a Chinese entrepreneur failed to make friends in Mongolia -- Whose walls? A Chinese mining enclavein the Gobi Desert -- Roads that separate: How a Chinese oil company failed to detach itself from its Mongolian surroundings -- Strategies of unseeing: The possible superimposition of a "Chinatown" on the Catembe peninsula -- Enclaves and envelopes: Cutting and connecting relations in Sino-Mozambican workplaces -- Alterity in the interior: Tree scouts, spirits, and Chinese loggers in the forests of Northern Mozambique.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration and Currencies -- Introduction -- 1. Friendship Empire: How a Chinese En -- 2. Whose Walls? A Chinese Mining Enclave in the Gobi Desert -- 3. Roads That Separate: How a Chinese Oil Company Failed to Detach Itself from Its Mongolian Surroundings -- 4. Strategies of Unseeing: The Possible Superimposition of a "Chinatown" on the Catembe Peninsula -- 5. Enclaves and Envelopes: Cutting and Connecting Relations in Sino-Mozambican Workplaces -- 6. Alterity in the Interior: Tree Scouts, Spirits, and Chinese Loggers in the Forests of Northern Mozambique -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index