1st Edition
Gender and Work in Urban China Women Workers of the Unlucky Generation
By Jieyu Liu
Copyright 2007
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Although it is generally believed in China that socialism raised women’s status and paid work liberated them from the shackles of patriarchy, the economic reforms of the last two decades of the twentieth century meant women workers were more vulnerable to losing their jobs than men. Unlike previous studies, which have focused on the macro-structural features of this process, this book makes... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Researching Chinese Women's Lives 3. Growing Up in the Mao Era 4. The Danwei: Gender at Work 5. Living in the Danwei: The Intersection between Work and Family Life 6. Returning Home 7. Life has to go on 8. Mothers’ Pasts, Daughters’ Presents and Futures 9. Conclusions
Biography
Liu Jieyu is lecturer of Sociology at the University of Glasgow, UK.
'Originating from Liu's doctoral dissertation, the study is rich in ethnographic descriptions of the women's experiences and their perceptions of their past and present' - Eva P.W. Hung, The China Journal, January 2008
