2013
DOI: 10.1086/668804
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To Your Health! Toasting, Intoxication and Gendered Critique among Banqueting Women

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“…As mentioned earlier, we do not speculate on the multiple causes on why there is a lack of abstract trust in China, but simply note that lack of trust in abstract institutions and a reliance on personal networks is an important part of economic life in contemporary China (Mason 2013;Osburg 2013). As our discussion below highlights, the relationships that are established in luxury seafood banquets are typically those in the elite realm of business and government.…”
Section: Economic System -Social Relationships and Networkingmentioning
confidence: 88%
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“…As mentioned earlier, we do not speculate on the multiple causes on why there is a lack of abstract trust in China, but simply note that lack of trust in abstract institutions and a reliance on personal networks is an important part of economic life in contemporary China (Mason 2013;Osburg 2013). As our discussion below highlights, the relationships that are established in luxury seafood banquets are typically those in the elite realm of business and government.…”
Section: Economic System -Social Relationships and Networkingmentioning
confidence: 88%
“…Despite this current reduction in luxury banquets, the new policy actually highlights the importance of these banquets for the functioning of high-level business and government relationships. In a broader context where people have little faith in the institutions of the labor market to find them a job, or in the rule of law to ensure good business practices, banqueting remains a fundamentally important component of professional life in many fields as a stage for the establishment of personal trust (Jacka, Kipnis, and Sargeson 2013;Mason 2013).…”
Section: Asian Anthropologymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In China, such banquets are central for professional and social advancement. The social relationships and "connections" (guanxi) necessary to "get ahead" can only be formalized through the shared experience of eating together (Mason, 2013;Harmon, 2014). The emphasis in such banquets is to give "face" (mianzi) to guests, and a key way to give face is to offer "face dishes" (miancai).…”
Section: Banquetingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As for urban men, these results for urban women could be a reflection of the yingchou culture and their economic success. Although the family burden has traditionally been on the shoulders of the Chinese men, with the large influx of women into the professional labor force following China's rapid economic development, many women were expected to join their male colleagues in frequent guanxi-building banquets (Mason, 2013). 8 As can be seen in the bottom panel of Figure A.1 in the appendix, 8 In essence, guanxi can be defined as being about building a network of mutually beneficial relationships.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%