Update mental pictures of rural China

Women in straw hats stoop over water-logged plots, working together to plant rice seedlings. A weather-worn man trudges behind an ox ploughing his family's field. Farmers throw newly harvested grain in the air so the wind can carry off the chaff. Tour buses navigate past grain carefully laid ou...

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Main Authors: ZHANG, Forrest, DONALDSON, John A.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-33692018-02-28T03:28:21Z Update mental pictures of rural China ZHANG, Forrest DONALDSON, John A. Women in straw hats stoop over water-logged plots, working together to plant rice seedlings. A weather-worn man trudges behind an ox ploughing his family's field. Farmers throw newly harvested grain in the air so the wind can carry off the chaff. Tour buses navigate past grain carefully laid out on the black-topped road to dry. Though picturesque, these images of rural China perpetuate stereotypes of a conservative culture resistant to change - and affect public policy. 2009-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2112 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3369/viewcontent/Update_mental_pictures_of_rural_China_2009_ST.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Asian Studies Political Science Rural Sociology
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
content_provider SMU Libraries
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topic Asian Studies
Political Science
Rural Sociology
spellingShingle Asian Studies
Political Science
Rural Sociology
ZHANG, Forrest
DONALDSON, John A.
Update mental pictures of rural China
description Women in straw hats stoop over water-logged plots, working together to plant rice seedlings. A weather-worn man trudges behind an ox ploughing his family's field. Farmers throw newly harvested grain in the air so the wind can carry off the chaff. Tour buses navigate past grain carefully laid out on the black-topped road to dry. Though picturesque, these images of rural China perpetuate stereotypes of a conservative culture resistant to change - and affect public policy.
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author ZHANG, Forrest
DONALDSON, John A.
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DONALDSON, John A.
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title Update mental pictures of rural China
title_short Update mental pictures of rural China
title_full Update mental pictures of rural China
title_fullStr Update mental pictures of rural China
title_full_unstemmed Update mental pictures of rural China
title_sort update mental pictures of rural china
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2009
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2112
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3369/viewcontent/Update_mental_pictures_of_rural_China_2009_ST.pdf
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