Kohrman, Matthew, 1964-

Bodies of difference experiences of disability and institutional advocacy in the making of modern China / [electronic resource] : Matthew Kohrman. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. - xvii, 285 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- A biomythography in the making -- Why Ma zhun doesn't count -- Building a corporeal corporate body -- Speeding up life in Beijing -- Troubled sociality : the Federation-Canji relationship in Wenchang County -- Dis/ablement and marriage : ridiculed bachelors, ambivalent grooms.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2005.
Available via World Wide Web.
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People with disabilities--China.
Biopolitics--China.


Electronic books.

HV1559.C6 / K64 2004eb

362.4/0951