Ethnographies: China

[redatdawn]

To follow up the previous post with my own specific interest-area, what are people's favorite ethnographies of Chinese cultures?

(I'm currently reading Susan Brownell's Beijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to China for a class. It's very readable, and interesting even to someone who is more than tired of hearing, reading, and talking about the

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[firefox1975]

I have read Foregin Babes in Beijing and A Season in Red. I enjoyed the second book more as I gave a better all round view. Where Foregin Babes in Beijing I didn't finish. I can't say exactly but I got the feeling that the author really didn't like the Chinese and had a bit of a negative view. A Season in Red is actually written by a journalist and I felt she presented a bit more of a balanced view, or more of an insight into Chinese life.

[marydell]

It's a memoir, not an ethnography, but Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang is very good, and has some interesting stuff about Manchu family customs in the first section.