248 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
248 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
248 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book studies the relationship between Islam, family processes, and gender inequality among Uyghur Muslims in Ürümchi, China. Empirically, it shows in quantitative terms the extent of gender inequalities among Uyghur Muslims in Ürümchi and tests whether the gender inequalities are a difference in kind or in degree. It examines five aspects of gender inequality: employment, income, household... Read more
1. Between Islamic Affiliation and Gender Inequality 2. Historical Contexts and Research Design 3. A Hard Choice: To Work or Not to Work? 4. Why Do Uyghur Men Earn More than Uyghur Women? 5. Who Does Household Chores? 6. Who Manages the Household? 7. Who’s the Boss? 8. All in the Family
Biography
Xiaowei Zang is Professor and Head of the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is the author of Children of the Cultural Revolution (2000), Elite Dualism and Leadership Selection in China (2004), and Ethnicity and Urban Life in China (2007). He studies ethnicity, inequality, and elite politics in China.
"Just about everywhere in this book, I found myself sharing the author’s judgements and admiring the way he has reached them. So I regard this as a timely and excellent book, which covers a range of important and controversial topics. It is well written and structured. It contributes to our understanding of theory as well as gender among China’s minorities. I definitely recommend it enthusiastically to students and scholars of China’s ethnic minorities, Islam and gender; and I believe it deserves attention also among a more generalist readership." - Colin Mackerras, Griffith University, Australia; China Information 2012 26: 392
