Guilty of Indigence 在線電子書 圖書標籤: 海外中國研究 社會史 城市史 曆史學 曆史 民國 近代史 中國現代史
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一點和美國的對比觀察:美國內戰後興起的針對乞丐流民的workhouse和involuntary labor有很強的市場機製和意識形態基礎,操作者以exchange/contract等市場價值和觀念來替自己的強迫勞動辯護,以區彆於其時已經在理論上終結的奴隸製。但Chen這本書寫到晚清以來的workhouse和強製勞動時,很多機構是直接處於penal administration的國傢機關中,且為強製勞動辯護的理由是基於民族主義的將productivity納入追求富強的現代citizenship的標準中,少有基於“市場”的內容。
評分寫得好,語言很好。poverty一詞在不同社會階段的意義變化以及政府對貧窮的態度映射nation-building的過程,以及citizenship和labor之間建構起來的關係。有些例子寫得太詳細瞭,讀到中間講孤兒的一個我還紅瞭眼睛:( 總的來說,Janet Chen是很有關懷的。
評分上海 北京 “parasites upon society”—2014年11月13日
評分一項關於”排斥“的政治學研究。對20世紀早期政治戲劇中不斷變換的“貧”的概念進行捕捉,關注這一時期生活在以強迫勞動為手段的“習藝所”陰影下的城市貧民及其被汙名化和犯罪化的社會排斥過程。港刊將之譯為“貧睏之疚”,不確,“窮是個罪”更貼切。
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Janet Y. Chen is assistant professor of history and East Asian Studies at Princeton University.
In the early twentieth century, a time of political fragmentation and social upheaval in China, poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of the country. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, Guilty of Indigence examines the solutions implemented by a nation attempting to deal with "society's most fundamental problem." Interweaving analysis of shifting social viewpoints, the evolution of poor relief institutions, and the lived experiences of the urban poor, Janet Chen explores the development of Chinese attitudes toward urban poverty and of policies intended for its alleviation.
Chen concentrates on Beijing and Shanghai, two of China's most important cities, and she considers how various interventions carried a lasting influence. The advent of the workhouse, the denigration of the nonworking poor as "social parasites," and efforts to police homelessness and vagrancy--all had significant impact on the lives of people struggling to survive. Chen provides a crucially needed historical lens for understanding how beliefs about poverty intersected with shattering historical events, producing new welfare policies and institutions for the benefit of some, but to the detriment of others.
Drawing on vast archival material, Guilty of Indigence deepens the historical perspective on poverty in China and reveals critical lessons about a still-pervasive social issue.
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