Lisa Rofel is Professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz. She has written numerous books about contemporary Chinese society and culture. Her forthcoming books include: Fabricating Transnational Capitalism: A Collaborative Ethnography of Italians and Chinese in the Fashion Industry (with Sylvia Yanagisako) and a translation of Dai Jinhua’s recent essays, entitled After the Post-Cold War: The Future of Chinese History.