Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations viii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. A Biomythography in the Making 31
8. 2. Why Ma Zhun Doesn’t Count 57
9. 3. Building a Corporeal Corporate Body 83
10. 4. Speeding Up Life in Beijing 113
11. 5. Troubled Sociality: The Federation-Canji Relationship in Wenchang County 144
12. 6. Dis/ablement and Marriage: Ridiculed Bachelors, Ambivalent Grooms 171
13. Epilogue 200
14. Notes 215
15. Appendix A. The Five Criteria of Disability Used by the 1987 National Sampling Survey of the Disabled 245
16. Appendix B 251
17. References 255
18. Index 275