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School killings in China: society or wilderness?

Steinmüller, Hans ORCID: 0000-0002-5921-421X and Fei, Wu (2011) School killings in China: society or wilderness? Anthropology Today, 27 (1). pp. 10-13. ISSN 0268-540X

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Identification Number: 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2011.00782.x

Abstract

Between March and May 2010 a series of school killings took place in mainland China. This article explores media discourses on the school killings and examines three cases in detail. It connects the search for underlying reasons and responsible authorities in relation to the murders with the wider search for ‘society’ in contemporary China, and concludes by emphasizing the gap between the official promotion of the idea of ‘society’ as a cohesive moral community and a parallel popular understanding of the contemporary Chinese social world as a savage wilderness.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0268-540x
Additional Information: © 2011 Royal Anthropological Institute
Divisions: Anthropology
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DS Asia
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited: 09 Feb 2011 09:21
Last Modified: 05 Jan 2024 20:24
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/32321

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