LEADER 04258nam 22004935 450 001 9910350276603321 005 20190225085534.0 010 $a981-13-3795-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-13-3795-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000007702141 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5720241 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-13-3795-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007702141 100 $a20190225d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aExemplary Agriculture$b[electronic resource] $eIndependent Organic Farming in Contemporary China /$fby Sacha Cody 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (266 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a981-13-3794-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. China?s Urban/Rural Dichotomy -- 3. Exemplarity -- 4. Shanghai?s Independent Organic Farmers -- 5. Intellectuals -- 6. The Farm -- 7. The Volunteer -- 8. The Product -- 9. The Customer -- 10. Conclusion. 330 $a?This book will be of great interest to everyone interested in China's recent agricultural history and the future of sustainable food production in the developing world. The author has done first-hand ethnographic research on a wide variety of topics: labor relations, commodity production, pricing, consumption, organic movements, and the ever-changing nature of state regulation. Cody's book thus constitutes a foundation for all future work in this field.? ?James L. Watson, Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, Harvard University ?This is a timely and brilliant ethnography for the studies of foodways, and the case in Shanghai sheds light on the emergence of independent organic farming worldwide and in relation to food movements in many Asian societies in particular. ?Sidney C. H. Cheung, Professor, Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong This book is an important contribution to our understanding of food in China through an ethnographic case study of an alternative food movement in Shanghai and the surrounding countryside. Cody examines a group of middle-class urban residents who move to the countryside to establish small-scale and independent organic farms. The book explores the complex relationships movement protagonists have with customers in the city, rural neighbours in the countryside, volunteers on their farms, intellectuals involved in rural reconstruction initiatives as well as the organic items they produce. In doing so, Cody provides valuable insights into the urban/rural dichotomy and questions of morality in China today. This book speaks to several concerns associated with the accelerated modernization China and other Asian nations are experiencing, including food safety and class relations. It will appeal to scholars and practitioners across a range of fields including anthropology, food studies, rural development and China Studies. Sacha Cody, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. An Australian, he has lived in China for 15 years. His research is published in Asian Anthropology,Gastronomica: The Journal of Critical Food Studies and The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology. 606 $aEthnology 606 $aAgricultural economics 606 $aAsia-Politics and government 606 $aSocial Anthropology$3http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/X12030 606 $aAgricultural Economics$3http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/W47000 606 $aAsian Politics$3http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/911110 615 0$aEthnology. 615 0$aAgricultural economics. 615 0$aAsia-Politics and government. 615 14$aSocial Anthropology. 615 24$aAgricultural Economics. 615 24$aAsian Politics. 676 $a630.951 700 $aCody$b Sacha$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01058030 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910350276603321 996 $aExemplary Agriculture$92496620 997 $aUNINA