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Looking for Chengdu Book Review
This anthropological account of China after liberation from the communist constraints of the Cultural Revolution was somewhat enlightening, as I learned a great deal about the political and cultural history of the Republic of China. The biggest struggle I encountered in this read was sorting through the superfluous information, most of which read like Gates' personal diary of cultural likes and dislikes, and finding the meat of her travels—that which held the most traditional significance. Apart from that, her perspective authenticates the experience of the reader as a literary bystander and hopeful anthropologist.
Hill Gates embarks on her journey to China as an anthropologist, feminist, and Marxist during its post-Cultural Revolution years. Because of this Communist movement from the 1960s, travel from the U.S. to China was prohibited until the 1970s. To compensate, Gates travels to Taiwan and does fieldwork there for about five years. Thus, almost everything she views in China she views with the criticism of one who has seen much Chinese culture as it was ‘misplaced' in Taiwan as a result of the Cultural Revolution. This, in my opinion, hinders Gates' ability to discern more original Chinese culture from the post-revolutionary Chinese culture she experiences, as her sinology is somewhat skewed. This affects her ability to experience ethnocentric events in all of their authentic splendor. If a particular event, location, or tradition doesn't quite match up to the standards set by her "Taiwan-trained eyes", one gets the impression that it is of less cultural significance to what she ascertains are remnants of more ancient Chinese tradition. In my opinion, this serves as a great example of the sort of attitude to avoid as an anthropologist; we should never presume that we know enough of one culture or aspect of that culture, since as anthropologists we could never reach the height of exoteric...
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