Fieldwork in Modern Chinese History: A Research Guide

ISBN-13: 9781032085388 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 332 str.

Thomas David DuBois; Jan Kiely

Opis

This book explores how fieldwork has been used to research Chinese history in the past and new ways that others might use in it the future. It introduces the previous generations of scholars who ventured out of the archive to conduct local investigations in Chinese cities, villages, farms and temples.

Spis treści

Editors’ preface: Fieldwork in Modern Chinese HistoryThomas DuBois and Jan KielyI: History and fieldwork in historical perspectiveChapter 1. They went to the people but did they hear them? Comments on Field Research in China the 1920s and 1930sDavid FaureChapter 2. A brief history of Japanese field research on China Linda GroveChapter 3. The Traditionalist Phase in Taiwan Anthropology: 1960-80Myron L. CohenII: Work reflections: Fieldwork in the mirrorChapter 4. Fieldwork for Ming historiansMichael SzonyiChapter 5. Conducting fieldwork as a local: Perspectives from Hulunbuir Guan Yuxia and Zhang WeiChapter 6. Who Are They, and Who Am I?: Discovering Gender and Ethnicity in the Sino-Tibetan BorderlandXiaofei KangChapter 7. Ritual performance in changing local societyStephen JonesChapter 8. Beyond the border of disciplines and societies: From fieldwork among the Lahu to the history of bazi basinsJianxiong MaIII. Walking the ground, talking to peopleChapter 9. Basic Questions for Fieldwork on Pre-1949 Chinese SocietyJohn LagerweyChapter 10. Festivals in the Field--A Social Historical PerspectivePaul R. KatzChapter 11. Doing historical-anthropological fieldwork in Jiangnan: gazetteers, newspapers, and real life Vincent GoossaertChapter 12. Incorporating historical GIS in fieldwork on Chinese culture and religion Kenneth DeanChapter 13. Walks in Canton: Doing Historical Anthropology in a Chinese City May Bo Ching and Zhiwei LiuChapter 14. Contextualizing Ethnic Classification: The Case of hemu (¿¿) among the Li of HainanXi HeChapter 15. Mud on Your Boots: Researching the Social and Environmental History of Conservation in Baishui County, Shaanxi during the 1950s Micah S. MuscolinoChapter 16. Medicine, health and disease: Among the barefoot doctors of Hangzhou Xiaoping FangChapter 17. Discovering the Cultural Revolution through oral historyGuoqiang DongChapter 18. Walking a production chain: An interdisciplinary approach to the history of thingsThomas David DuBoisIV. Finding and working with grassroots documentsChapter 19. Field research using contracts (qiyue): Legal archives of late Qing and early Republican-era Longquan, ZhejiangZhengzhen DuChapter 20. Account books (zhangben) in local history studiesYonghua LiuChapter 21. Land and property deeds and urban studies: A case study of deeds collected by Ms. Liu, Sujuan HuangChapter 22. Genealogies and Revolution in the Jiangxi SovietWeixin RaoChapter 23. Using local and Public Security Bureau archives from the 1950s—Poyang county, Jiangxi, Shigu LiuChapter 24. Exploring a northern Jiangsu County Intangible Cultural Heritage ArchiveJan Kiely

O autorze

Thomas David DuBois is Professor of Humanities at Beijing Normal University.

Jan Kiely is Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for China Studies and Associate Director of the Universities Service Centre for China Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.