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Chinese "Cancer Villages"

Rural Development, Environmental Change and Public Health
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2020

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Chen Ajiang :

Chen Ajiang holds a PhD in Sociology from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1997). He is currently the Director of the Research Centre for Environment and Society at Hohai University and Chair of the Association of Environmental Sociology, Chinese Sociological Association. His research is primarily in the fields of environmental sociology and rural sociologyCheng Pengli :

Cheng Pengli holds a PhD in Sociology from Hohai University (2011). From 2008-2009 he was a visiting researcher in the Sociology Department of Washington State University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology at Chongqing University of Science and Technology. His major areas of research are environmental sociology, and environment and health risksLuo Yajuan :

Luo Yajuan holds a PhD in Sociology from Hohai University (2013). She is currently a Lecturer at Huzhou University. Her main area of research is environmental sociology.

Reviews

"This book is an important contribution to China studies and scholarly research on environmental health. Comprising 10 chapters, several of which were first published in 2013 in Chinese, the publication of this English-language edition provides a detailed and informative collection of reports on collective medical claims about China's rural population living in deteriorating environmental conditions."
- Suvi Rautio, The China Journal, Volume 86, July 2021

"Impeccably researched and carefully crafted, this work offers a timely and sobering inquiry into collective claims of victimization associated with polluted water and air in rural China."
- Jing Jun, Tsinghua University

"Chinese "Cancer Villages" is a meticulously researched and emotionally charged book that makes important advances in the fields of China studies, environmental health, rural sociology and anthropology."
- Bryan Tilt, Oregon State University

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    Frontmatter

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    Table of Contents

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    List of Figures, Graphs and Tables

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    Acknowledgements

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    Preface to the English Language Edition

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    Jennifer Holdaway and Wang Wuyi
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    1 Retrospective Thoughts on the ‘Cancer Village’ Phenomenon

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    Chen Ajiang
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    2 The Ins and Outs of a ‘Cancer Village’

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    Chen Ajiang
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    3 A Subei ‘Cancer Village’

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    Luo Yajuan
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    4 Environmental Change and Health Risks

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    Chen Ajiang
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    5 A Prosperous ‘Cancer Village’

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    Cheng Pengli
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    6 Coexistence of Poverty and Cancer

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    Cheng Pengli and Li Caihong
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    7 Problematization and De-stigmatization

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    Li Caihong and Cheng Pengli
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    8 Behind the ‘High Incidence of Lung Cancer’

    229
    Li Qi and Chen Ajiang
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    9 Villagers’ Perceptions of and Responses to the Relationship between Cancer and Pollution

    255
    Chen Ajiang and Cheng Pengli
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    10 Villagers Strategies for Mitigating Environmental Health Risks

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    Chen Ajiang and Cheng Pengli
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    Index

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    Index (Chinese)

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Cancer Village; Environment and Health; Risk Cognition; China
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