ANTHRO 175Q Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Guanxi, Yuanfen
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Whole family should feel shameful when one of the family members do something wrong. Moral obligation (act accordingly), emotional attachment, intentionally (if you think that is right, you tell others you should ), and social worthiness of a person. People believe that these yuenfen is controlled by supernatural power so should be respected. Use as instrumental network spiritual ties long lasting relation. The transformation of guanxi culture in the reform era. The 2 types of guanxi: primary vs. secondary or expressive vs. instrumental. Historical roots, emotional attachments, the nature of gift exchange. The transformation of guanxi culture in a highly mobile society of market economy, trends of change since the 1980s. The modern divide between private and public life and its implications western vs. Family revolution as a modernization strategy in china from 1890s to 1980s a century of radical change. Major lines of changes in the transformation of private life from 1949 to the present.
