3-1040 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY AND CULTURAL PRACTICE OF CARE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA

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Thursday, November 17, 2011: 16:00-17:45

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This session would be of particular interest to:
Those involved in mentoring activities, Students, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Ellen R Judd (University of Manitoba) and Ellen Oxfeld (Middlebury College)

Chairs: Myron L Cohen (Columbia University)

Discussants: Penny Van Esterik (York University)

16:00

“If You Can Walk and You Can Eat You Don’t Go to Hospital”: The Quest for Healthcare In Rural Sichuan

Anna Lora-Wainwright (Oxford University)

16:15

Envisioning Care: Migrant Women, Health Care and Caregiving In Contemporary Urban China

Ellen R Judd (University of Manitoba)

16:30

“Reciprocity Is As Thin As Paper”: The Political Economy of Care In Guangzhou Working Class Families

Friederike Fleischer (Universidad de los Andes)

16:45

Feeding the Generations: Intergenerational Care and Food Exchanges In Rural China

Ellen Oxfeld (Middlebury College)

17:00

Emotion or Contract? Caring for Parents In Rural Taiwan and Mainland China

Susanne Brandtstädter (University of Oslo)

17:15

Caring for the Self: Molding the Malleable Addict and Therapeutic Treatment In Post-Socialist China

Sandra T Hyde (McGill University)

17:30

Discussant

Penny Van Esterik (York University)

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