UID:
almafu_9958062008902883
Format:
1 online resource (360 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-520-92382-0
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1-59734-856-2
Content:
Representing the culmination of more than a decade of empirical research in post-Mao China, this collection of essays explores changes in the nature of work in relation to changes in households, migration patterns, and gender roles during an era of economic reform.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Work and Household in Chinese Culture: Historical Perspectives; 2. Re-Drawing the Boundaries of Work; 3. What Is Work? Comparative Perspectives from the Social Sciences; 4. The Changing Meanings of Work in China; 5. Local Meanings of Gender and Work in Rural Shaanxi in the 1950's; 6. Iron Girls Revisited: Gender and the Politics of Work in the Cultural Revolution, 1966 -76; 7. Wage and Job Inequalities in the Working Lives of Men and Women in Tianjin; 8. Gender Differentials in Economic Success: Rural China in 1991
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9. The Perils of Assessing Trends in Gender Inequality in China 10. The Interplay of Gender, Space, and Work in China's Floating Population; 11. Interconnections among Gender, Work, and Migration; 12. Migration, Gender, and Labor Force in Hubei Province, 1985-1990; 13. Gendered Migration and the Migration of Genders in Contemporary China; 14. Reconfiguring Shanghai Households; 15. Household Economies in Transitional Times; 16. Understanding the Social Inequality System and Family and Household Dynamics in China; Conclusion: Re-Drawing Boundaries; Glossary of Chinese Terms; References
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ContributorsIndex
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-22090-0
Language:
English
