Gender, Work, and Family in a Chinese Economic Zone Laboring in Paradise
This book examines the dynamics of power within the families of married women who have migrated from rural areas to China's Dalian Economic Zone. Engaging the question of whether waged work gives women power in their families, this ethnographic study finds that women do indeed use their new po...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgement
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Doing Research in the Dalian Economic Zone
- Chapter 3: Urban as Paradise: Understanding the Urban/Rural Divide
- Chapter 4: "It 's just Women's Lot": The Roler of Gender
- Chapter 5: "A Women has to struggle to get what she wants": Gender and Power
- Chapter 6: Performing Gender in a Modern Economic Zone
- Chapter 7: Conclusion
- Bibliography