Bodies of difference : experiences of disability and institutional advocacy in the making of modern China / Matthew Kohrman.

  • Kohrman, Matthew, 1964-
Date:
[2005], ©2005
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Publication/Creation

Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, [2005], ©2005.

Physical description

xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Introduction -- A biomythography in the making -- Why Ma zhun doesn't count -- Building a corporeal corporate body -- Speeding up life in Beijing -- Troubled sociality : the Federation-Canji relationship in Wenchang County -- Dis/ablement and marriage : ridiculed bachelors, ambivalent grooms.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    HV1559.C6 2005K64b
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ISBN

  • 0520226445
  • 9780520226449
  • 0520226453
  • 9780520226456