Out to Work : Migration, Gender, and the Changing Lives of Rural Women in Contemporary China.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaetano, Arianne M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal--China.

Migration, Internal.

Women migrant labor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

HK : Hong Kong University Press, 2015.

Summary:

This book offers an engaging account of rural Chinese women who move to Beijing as teenagers to pursue work in domestic service, cleaning, hospitality, and education. It follows how they use mobility and experience to improve their lives while also confronting the structural inequalities that shape their prospects.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A New Beginning

1. Rural Women and Migration under Market Socialism

2. Dutiful Daughters and Migration Desires

3. Gendered Social Networks and Migration Pathways

4. Menial Women and Model Workers

5. From Country Bumpkins to Urban Sophisticates

6. Migrant Working Wives and Mothers

Conclusion: The Changing Lives of Rural Women

Notes

Works Cited

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

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ISBN:

988-8313-93-2

OCLC:

1586551905