The Corporeal Politics of Quality (Suzhi)
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Ann Anagnost is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Washington. She is the author of National Past-Times:Narrative, Representation, and Power in Modern China (1997). Currently she is working on a book manuscript titled “Embodiments of Value.”
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There is a clear distinction along class lines: middle-class urban women embody the 'normative figure' of sophisticated and affluent consumers, while female migrant workers are depicted as an 'abject figure' of low quality (suzhi) and limited purchasing power.
“There is also a clear distinction along the class lines. While middleclass urban women embody the 'normative figure' of the sophisticated and affluent consumers, the female migrant workers are depicted as an 'abject figure' of low quality ( suzhi ) and limited purchasing power (Anagnost, 2004).”
From Patriarchal capitalism with Chinese characteristics: gendered discourse of 'Double Eleven' shopping festival (2017) · cites this paper as Anagnost, 2004
While middle-class urban women are exalted and celebrated in popular discourse, female migrant workers are to be regulated and improved via the 'imagineering' of neo-liberal consumer subjects.
“While the former are exalted and celebrated in popular discourse, the latter are to be regulated and improved via what Pun calls the 'imagineering' of neo-liberal consumer subjects (Pun 2003, Yan 2003, Anagnost 2004, Sun 2009, 2014).”
From Patriarchal capitalism with Chinese characteristics: gendered discourse of 'Double Eleven' shopping festival (2017) · cites this paper as Anagnost 2004
In China, the population of rural migrant women is deemed to be in need of transformation.
“In China, it is the population of rural migrant women that is deemed to be in need of transformation (Pun 2003, Anagnost 2004, Sun 2009).”
From Patriarchal capitalism with Chinese characteristics: gendered discourse of 'Double Eleven' shopping festival (2017) · cites this paper as Anagnost 2004
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- Authors
- Anagnost, A.
- Corresponding author
- Anagnost, Ann
- Venue
- Public Culture
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- 2004-05-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 189-208
- ISSN
- 0899-2363 (ISSN-L)
- 1527-8018
- OpenAlex
- W1990897281
- Cited by
- 744
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 62.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Public Culture (publishedVersion)
- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Chinese history and philosophy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
- Keywords
- quality, embodiment, body politics, material culture, consumer goods
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