Focusing on the period between the 1970s and the present, Life as Surplus is a pointed and
important study of the relationship between politics, economics, science, and cultural values …

The United States is an immigrant nation—nowhere is the truth of this statement more
evident than in its major cities. Immigrants and their children comprise nearly three-fifths of …

When and why do people obey political authority when it runs against their own interests to
do so? This book is about the channels beyond direct repression through which China's …

Parents in China greatly value higher education for their children, but the intensity and
effects of their desire to achieve this goal have largely gone unexamined—until now …

In 2004, Vanessa Fong offered a groundbreaking ethnographic exploration of the social,
economic, and psychological development of children born since China's one-child policy …

Fatal Misconception is the disturbing story of our quest to remake humanity by policing
national borders and breeding better people. As the population of the world doubled once …

High ratios of males to females in China have concerned researchers (Sen 1990,) and the
recent increase has alarmed policymakers worldwide. This paper presents an analysis of …

Love's Uncertainty explores the hopes and anxieties of urban, middle-class parents in
contemporary China. Combining long-term ethnographic research with analyses of popular …

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This special collection of Anthropological Quarterly aims to spark new ways of thinking about
formations and operations of modern power. Specifically, the articles explore how energie …