Gender, modernity and male migrant workers in China : becoming a 'modern' man / Xiaodong Lin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lin, Xiaodong, author.

Series:

Routledge contemporary China series.

Routledge contemporary china series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural-urban migration--China--History.

Rural-urban migration.

Migration, Internal--China--History.

Migration, Internal.

Male employees--China--History.

Male employees.

Masculinity--China.

Masculinity.

Men--China.

Men.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rural-urban migration within China has transformed and reshaped rural people's lives during the past few decades, and has been one of the most visible phenomena of the economic reforms enacted since the late 1970s. Whilst Feminist scholars have addressed rural women's experience of struggle and empowerment in urban China, in contrast, research on rural men's experience of migration is a neglected area of study. In response, this book seeks to address the absence of male migrant workers as a gendered category within the current literature on rural-urban migration.Examining Chin

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 1 Introduction; 2 Representing 'peasant workers'; 3 Leaving home and being a 'filial son'; 4 'Father-son' relations and/or becoming urban working-class; 5 Conclusion: Becoming a 'modern' man; 6 Postscript: Youth, aspirations and masculinities; Appendix: Research participants; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-06973-5

0-203-59090-2

1-299-46964-7

1-135-06974-3

9780203590904

OCLC:

840466748