Gender and Work in Urban China: Women Workers of the Unlucky Generation

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ISBN: 9780203964934 | 0203964934
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Copyright: 3/2/2007

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Drawing upon extensive life history interviews, this book makes the voices of ordinary women workers heard and applies feminist perspectives on women and work to the Chinese situation.

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List of figures and tables	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Researching Chinese women's lives	p. 13
Growing up in the Mao era	p. 25
The danwei: Gender at work	p. 41
Living in the danwei: The intersection between work and family life	p. 65
Returning home	p. 87
Life has to go on	p. 107
Mothers' pasts, daughters' presents and futures	p. 125
Conclusion	p. 139
Characteristics of 33 women in the Mothers' generation	p. 147
Comparison in education and job (aspiration) between Mothers and Daughters	p. 148
Biographical sketches of the interviewees	p. 149
Notes	p. 157
Bibliography	p. 163
Index	p. 175
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Gender and Work in Urban China: Women Workers of the Unlucky Generation

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