Goldsmiths - University of London

Professor Michael Dutton

 

Biographical Information

I joined the department in 2006 having previously taught in Australia where I was also educated.

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Areas of supervision

China, postcolonial and postmodern theory, everydayness and the metropolis.
Chinese policing and punishment.

Research interests

>My research is characterized by a strong interest in contemporary social and cultural theory wed to a specific 'archive' called China. This has led to a range of rather disparate set of issues that quite often move my work out of the specifics of China. My current interests include an investigation of the politics of the gift, a study of the friend/enemy distinction, and an appreciation of the importance of everyday life in the flow of politics.

Selected publications

• Beijing Time (Harvard University Press 2008).  Download the flier here: Beijing Time
• Policing Chinese Politics: A History (Duke University Press 2005).
• ‘From Culture Industry to Mao Industry’, boundary 2, Vol. 32, No. 2 (2005), 151-168.
• ‘Mango Mao: Infections of the Sacred’ Public Culture, Vol. 16, No. 2 (2004),161-186.
• Streetlife China (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998).