Format:
Online-Ressource (344 p)
ISBN:
9780765608208
Content:
Based on in-depth ethnographic research - and using an approach that seeks to understand how migration is experienced by the migrants themselves - this is a fascinating study of the experiences of women in rural China who joined the vast migration to Beijing and other cities at the end of the twentieth century. It focuses on the experiences of rural-urban migrants, the particular ways in which they talk about those experiences, and how those experiences affect their sense of identity. Through first-hand accounts of actual migrant workers, the author provides valuable insights into how rural wo
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: From the "Margins" to the "Center"; Part I. The Subject; 1. Between "Rural Idiocy" and "Urban Modernity"; 2. Assembling Working Sisters; Part II. Place; 3. In and Out of Place; 4. The Place of Desire; Part III. People; 5. Relationships; 6. Identifications; Part IV. Time; 7. Narrative, Time, and Agency; Appendix 1. List of Interlocutors Named in the Text; Appendix 2. Map 1. The People's Republic of China; Map 2. Beijing Municipality; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781317460619
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780765608208
Additional Edition:
Print version Rural Women in Urban China: Gender, Migration, and Social Change
Language:
English
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