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edited by Michèle Lamont and Amy Tsang
In this editorial for the Thematic Series: Cultural Sociology and China, we discuss the global growth of cultural sociology as a sociological sub-discipline, its current state and future prospects in mainland ...
Citation: The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2018 5:15
How do collective identities gain salience in the workplace? How are new “capitals” created in the process? To answer these question, this study examines the confrontation of two distinctly positioned socio-ec...
Citation: The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2018 5:7
Few readers notice that in a celebrated essay, Goffman, in a footnote, acknowledges the Chinese source of his concept of face. Around the time that Goffman published “On Face-work,” Merton urged that theory de...
Citation: The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:19
Drawing upon the concept of culture as a “tool kit” from which social actors draw pragmatically, this paper explores the relationship between cultural definitions of good mothering and breastfeeding among midd...
Citation: The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:18
Received wisdom views political humor, viz. egao, in the Chinese cyber public sphere as a form of resistance. This study creates and tests a framework that best conceptualizes how different functions of egao a...
Citation: The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:17
Although sociological insights into the relationship between consumption and class are mostly borne out by current research in the Chinese context, it is important to consider the implications of applying such...
Citation: The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2017 4:15
