John Osburg's guest appearances

John Osburg

New Books in Anthropology

New Books in East Asian Studies

New Books Network

Vancouver Real Estate Podcast

New Books in Chinese Studies

Laura Neitzel

Chika Watanabe

Minjeong Kim

Jie Li

Xin Gu

Tom Cliff

Gregory Smits

Sida Liu

J. Neuhaus

Maritime Ryukyu

McKenzie Wark

Kathryn Conrad

Caterina Fugazzola

Jennifer Hubbert

Paul Roquet

OwlTail

An insider's look at the factors driving China's new rich to invest their money in global real estate markets such as Vancouver, featuring Anthropologist and author John Osburg.

An insider's look at the factors driving China's new rich to invest their money in global real estate markets such as Vancouver, featuring Anthropologist and author John Osburg.

VREP #69 | Anxious Wealth in Vancouver with John Osburg

John Osburg‘s new book explores the rise of elite networks of newly-rich entrepreneurs, managers of state enterprises, and government officials in Chengdu. Based on extensive fieldwork that included hosting a Chinese TV show and spending many evenings in KTV clubs with businessmen who were entertaining clients, partners, and state officials, Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China’s New Rich (Stanford University Press, 2013) looks at the masculinization of private business and deal-making in modern China. Osburg also considers the challenges this masculinization has posed for women, including women entrepreneurs in Chengdu and the new class of women arising from a growing “beauty-economy.” The book argues that these phenomena are crucial for understanding economic inequality, gender discrimination, and many aspects of the political configuration as they emerged in the reform era and continue to characterize contemporary society. Osburg sheds new light on the importance of social networks and the hybrid business/pleasure nature of relationships in modern China by placing gender at the center of his ethnography. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

<a href="http://www.rochester.edu/College/ANT/faculty/osburg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Osburg</a>‘s new book explores the rise of elite networks of newly-rich entrepreneurs, managers of state enterprises, and government officials in Chengdu. Based on extensive fieldwork that included hosting a Chinese TV show and spending many evenings in KTV clubs with businessmen who were entertaining clients, partners, and state officials, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0804783543/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China’s New Rich</a> (Stanford University Press, 2013) looks at the masculinization of private business and deal-making in modern China. Osburg also considers the challenges this masculinization has posed for women, including women entrepreneurs in Chengdu and the new class of women arising from a growing “beauty-economy.” The book argues that these phenomena are crucial for understanding economic inequality, gender discrimination, and many aspects of the political configuration as they emerged in the reform era and continue to characterize contemporary society. Osburg sheds new light on the importance of social networks and the hybrid business/pleasure nature of relationships in modern China by placing gender at the center of his ethnography. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology</a>

John Osburg, “Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China’s New Rich” (Stanford UP, 2013)

John Osburg‘s new book explores the rise of elite networks of newly-rich entrepreneurs, managers of state enterprises, and government officials in Chengdu. Based on extensive fieldwork that included hosting a Chinese TV show and spending many evenings in KTV clubs with businessmen who were entertaining clients, partners, and state officials, Anxious... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

John Osburg‘s new book explores the rise of elite networks of newly-rich entrepreneurs, managers of state enterprises, and government officials in Chengdu. Based on extensive fieldwork that included hosting a Chinese TV show and spending many evenings in KTV clubs with businessmen who were entertaining clients, partners, and state officials, Anxious... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies</a>