On the Edge: Feeling Precarious in China

by Margaret Hillenbrand

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Winner, 2024 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for East Asian Studies, Modern Language Association

Charismatic artists recruit desperate migrants for site-specific performance art pieces, often without compensation. Construction workers threaten on camera to jump from the top of a high-rise building if their back wages are not paid. Users of a video and livestreaming app hustle for views by eating excrement or setting off firecrackers...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231212143

ISBN13:9780231212144

Release Date:October 2023

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:408 Pages

Weight:1.69 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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