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9780520211278

Gender and the South China Miracle

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520211278

  • ISBN10:

    0520211278

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-08-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

Based on studies of electronics factories in Hong Kong and South China, and comparing the political perspectives of older and younger women workers, author Ching Kwan Lee argues that gender plays a crucial role in the culture and management strategies of factories that rely heavily on women workers.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Two Worlds of Labor in South Chinap. 1
Engendering Production Politics in Global Capitalismp. 14
Economic Restructuring and the Remaking of the Hong Kong-Guangdong Nexusp. 36
Social Organization of the Labor Market in Shenzhenp. 67
Social Organization of the Labor Market in Hong Kongp. 90
Localistic Despotismp. 109
Familial Hegemonyp. 137
Toward a Feminist Theory of Production Politicsp. 160
Methodological App.: The Ethnographic Labyrinthp. 171
Notesp. 179
Bibliographyp. 193
Indexp. 203
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