Why do so many patients choose the arduous hemodialysis treatment instead of kidney transplant? What do their clinical choices reveal about family life and the socioeconomic marginalization of migrant workers in China today?
An Anthropology of Ethics in East Asia
Glimpses into Care Work in Chinese Nursing Homes
Care workers exercise agency to dismiss prejudicial attitudes toward their work and meet the care needs of an aging population.
Family in the Ruins of Nuclear Risk
Families outside Fukushima’s evacuation zone try to “live normally again” despite the shadow of radiation exposure.
Cultivating the Ethical Self in the Way of the Sword
For Hongkongers, kendo offers practice in the pursuit of self-cultivation and ethical work.
Gendered Moral Codes in China
The legacy of collectivism and communism has been revived in the construction of a modern Guan Gong, a hero who embodies socially-desired moral codes and concepts of masculinity.
A Space for Laughter in Contemporary China
Ethical values are at once too easy to identify and too difficult to decisively settle in contemporary China.
