Add to ORKG"This paper argues that new interpretations of 'eating bitterness' (chiku) have firmly entered the landscape of China's social organisation. Whereas the bitterness eaten by heroic types in China's revolutionary past was directed towards serving others, now the aim of eating bitterness is self-awareness. Furthermore, bitterness-eating, which once pertained to rural-urban migrant workers as opposed to discourses of urban 'quality' (suzhi), has now also been taken up by the urban middle classes. A new cultural distinction, therefore, adds dignity to migrant workers while potentially marginalising a wide range of unproductive people, both urban and rural. This distinction ultimately mitigates risk to the Chinese regime because the regime makes ...
Rural-to-urban migrants in China are often depicted as being poor, uncivilised, and having a lower l...
Rural migrants have suffered from serious social exclusion in the Chinese urban society. However, si...
While previous studies have documented the trials of rural-to-urban migration in post-reform China, ...
"This paper argues that new interpretations of 'eating bitterness' (chiku) have firmly entered the l...
This paper argues that new interpretations of “eating bitterness” (吃苦, chiku) have firml...
Unprecedented social change in China has intensified the contradictions faced by ordinary people in ...
Sitting on the throne of the world’s second largest economy, China’s swift turnaround has surprised ...
While previous studies have documented the trials of rural-to-urban migration in post-reform China, ...
As a result of its open-door policies and 30 years of reform, China has become the "world's factory"...
Rural-to-urban migrants in China have often been portrayed as striving subjects, living in “suspensi...
As a result of its open-door policies and 30 years of reform, China has become the "world'...
"Speaking bitterness" is the dominant narrative pattern of modern Chinese history. We argue here tha...
In everyday life, people in China as elsewhere have to confront large-scale incongruities between di...
How can we feed China? This perennial question addresses the human, social, economic and ecological ...
The paper discusses the status stigma of rural-to-urban migrants in China from the perspective of so...
Rural-to-urban migrants in China are often depicted as being poor, uncivilised, and having a lower l...
Rural migrants have suffered from serious social exclusion in the Chinese urban society. However, si...
While previous studies have documented the trials of rural-to-urban migration in post-reform China, ...
"This paper argues that new interpretations of 'eating bitterness' (chiku) have firmly entered the l...
This paper argues that new interpretations of “eating bitterness” (吃苦, chiku) have firml...
Unprecedented social change in China has intensified the contradictions faced by ordinary people in ...
Sitting on the throne of the world’s second largest economy, China’s swift turnaround has surprised ...
While previous studies have documented the trials of rural-to-urban migration in post-reform China, ...
As a result of its open-door policies and 30 years of reform, China has become the "world's factory"...
Rural-to-urban migrants in China have often been portrayed as striving subjects, living in “suspensi...
As a result of its open-door policies and 30 years of reform, China has become the "world'...
"Speaking bitterness" is the dominant narrative pattern of modern Chinese history. We argue here tha...
In everyday life, people in China as elsewhere have to confront large-scale incongruities between di...
How can we feed China? This perennial question addresses the human, social, economic and ecological ...
The paper discusses the status stigma of rural-to-urban migrants in China from the perspective of so...
Rural-to-urban migrants in China are often depicted as being poor, uncivilised, and having a lower l...
Rural migrants have suffered from serious social exclusion in the Chinese urban society. However, si...
While previous studies have documented the trials of rural-to-urban migration in post-reform China, ...