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9780312233624

Women Migrant Workers in China's Economic Reform

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312233624

  • ISBN10:

    0312233620

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2000-12-01
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Women Migrant Workers in China's Economic Reformstudies 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 the study of these women who strive to make their lives meaningful in often challenging circumstances.

Author Biography

Feng Xu is Assistant Professor in Political Science at Agnes Scott College.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
ix
List of Figures
x
Acknowledgements xi
Glossary xii
Acronyms xv
Introduction
1(2)
Statement of thesis
3(1)
Project specificities
4(9)
China's economic reform
13(3)
A critical approach to nationalism
16(3)
Method and theory
19(6)
The intersection of gender, class and place of origin
25(3)
Personal interest and field research
28(5)
The `Strategic Silence' and `Tactical Noise' in Economic Reform
33(25)
Nationalism and economic reform
38(4)
Reform policies and gender
42(9)
Reconfiguring femininity and masculinity
51(5)
Conclusion
56(2)
`Emergent Classes' and Sicheng Society
58(44)
Theorizing class in a socialist context
63(9)
Mao's class analysis and revolution strategies
72(8)
The `emergent class structure' of economic reform in Sicheng
80(17)
Construction of jingshen wenmin
97(3)
Conclusion
100(2)
Building Material and Spiritual Civilization in Sicheng
102(27)
Sicheng's political economy in historical and spatial context
110(7)
The Jiangnan vs. Subei discourse: place of origin in the construction of identities
117(5)
The hukou system: marker of insiders and outsiders
122(3)
Flexible accumulation and construction of gender in migration: some comparisons
125(2)
Conclusion
127(2)
New Factory Women in Time and Space
129(25)
The gender division of labour in silk production
130(8)
Gender, kinship and households
138(14)
Conclusion
152(2)
A Close Watch in a Tight Space: Multiple Foci of Labour Control
154(26)
Job hierarchies based on gender and place of origin
160(5)
Labour discipline in time: piece-rate
165(4)
The disciplinary power of space: the factory compound
169(2)
Thought work as disciplinary power
171(5)
Workers' resistance for daily survival
176(3)
Conclusion
179(1)
Identities of Women Migrant Workers: The Intersection of Gender, Class and Place of Origin
180(19)
The construction of migrant workers as `Other'
181(2)
The state regulatory mechanisms
183(3)
Managerial control after work hours: `free' time regulated
186(3)
Workers' mediation of mixed identities
189(4)
Women migrant workers: challenging boundaries
193(5)
Conclusion
198(1)
Conclusion
199(6)
Notes 205(18)
Bibliography 223(11)
Index 234

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