| Women Migrant Workers in China's Economic Reform 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Xu, F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333918193 ISBN-13: 9780333918197 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Questions & Answers - Social Science | Gender Studies - Business & Economics | Labor |
| Dewey: 001 |
| Series: International Political Economy |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.04 lbs) 239 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 |