Women migrant workers in China's economic reform
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Women migrant workers in China's economic reform
（International political economy series）
Macmillan, c2000
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-233) and index
"softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2000"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Women Migrant Workers in China's Economic Reform studies unmarried women migrant workers in China. As international migrants in China's richest province, they work in silk, one of China's oldest and most symbolically-charged industries. Through extensive interviews and a wide-ranging interpretation of the secondary literature, this book brings an interdisciplinary approach to its study of power and identity. Gender, class, and local identities matter in the factories and streets of a one-industry town, and municipal and factory leaders seek to rework these over-shifting forces to build a low-cost, reliable labour force. The women in question seek to rework these disadvantages by the same forces, have other aspirations!
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements List of Maps List of Figures Glossary Acronyms Introduction The 'Strategic Silence' and 'Tactical Noise' in Economic Reform 'Emergent Classes' and Sicheng Society Building Material and Spiritual Civilization in Sicheng New Factory Women in Time and Space A Close Watch in a Tight Space: Multiple Foci of Labour Control Identities of Migrant Workers: The Intersection of Gender, Class and Place of Origin Conclusion Bibliography Index
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