主讲人简介:荣誉退休教授,曾就职于中密西根州大学和斯坦福大学人类学系。主要研究中国(包括台湾)少数民族、阶层和性别关系。代表性的著作有:《中国工人阶级生活》(Hill Gates, 1987,Chinese Working-class Lives: Getting by in Taiwan, Cornell University Press);《中国马达》(Hill Gates, 1996, China's Motor: A Thousand Years of Petty Capitalism, Cornell University Press);《寻找成都》(Hill Gates, 1999, Looking for Chengdu: A Woman's Adventures in China (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues), by Cornell University Press)。