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What is the layout of the text? How does it move, from first page to last? Does it ask for other ways of reading? Does the layout perform an argument?

Sunday, December 1, 2019 - 3:46pm

The book starts with an introductory chapter which explains the puzzle and the basic theoretical arguments. It also questions the bias in "Western" anthropological practices. Next it gives a section providing background information about the space: Wenzhou. Then each body chapter focuses on a group of actors, including for example christian bosses, females, and migrant workers. The conclusion reiterates the major arguments. The structure of the book, I think, is well presented. The main argument is to challenge the conventional idea that Christianity is an product imported and then planted over Chinese people. The way different groups are presented show how each of them contribute to the shaping of christian life in a "Wenzhou" way, at the same time presenting readers with hierarchical differences. 

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