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Reciprocity (lishang-wanglai): a Chinese model of social relationships and reciprocity - state and villagers' interaction 1936-2014
Journal of sociology • 52 (1) • Published In 2016 • Pages: 103-117
By: Chang, Xiangqun.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work theorizes a Chinese model of social relationships and reciprocity, or 'recipropriety,' that encompasses concepts of 'face', fellow-feeling, and a gift economy. The proposition is that this uniquely Chinese social psychology and ethic has guided behavior in the village of Kaixiangong throughout the post-Liberation era despite economic vicissitudes and multiple changes in policy and administrative organization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social relationships and groups
- Ethics
- Local officials
- Territorial hierarchy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Han Chinese
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1996-2007
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1936-2014
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kaixiangong (Kaihsienkung), Wujiang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Xiangqun Chang
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-117)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 98031957
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Villages--China--Yangtze River Valley
- Yangtze Valley--Social life and customs