1. Encountering a forgotten people, experiencing social change -- 2. The (un-) making of a socialist "Model community" : Heterogeneous appropriations of the past -- 3. Binding up the "Loose sand" : The rise and fall of collectivism -- 4. Building up modernity : The spatial representations of state power -- 5. Negotiating subalternity : "Model proletarians" or "Society people"? -- 6. Facing up to the postsocialist future : Public amnesia and multiple modernities -- 7. Conclusion : Experiencing an ideology that truncates time and space -- 8. Epilogue : Revisiting cucumber lane in 2008
Summary
There is no denying that China has experienced, and is still experiencing, radical changes, generally initiated by the vibrant market-driven economy that began in the late 1970s. The question remains, however, of what has happened to those who, just a few decades before, experienced pride and power in being part of the proletariat. How do they make sense of the past and face up to the uncertainties of the future? This book presents an anthropological investigation into their lives and memories in order to understand their situation. Presently a working-class neighborhood in Shanghai, Cucumber
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index
