Gender and Work in Urban China - Women Workers of the Unlucky Generation

Informationen zum Autor Liu Jieyu is lecturer of Sociology at the University of Glasgow, UK. Klappentext Although it is generally believed in China that socialism raised women's status and paid work liberated them from the shackles of patriarchy, the economic reforms of the last two decades of the twentieth century meant women workers were more vulnerable to losing their jobs than men. Unlike previous studies, which have focused on the macro-structural features of this process, this book makes the voices of ordinary women workers heard and applies feminist perspectives on women and work to the Chinese situation.Drawing upon extensive life history interviews, this book contests the view that mobilizing women into the workplace brought about their liberation. Instead, the gendered redundancy they experienced was the culmination of a lifetime's experiences of gender inequalities. Setting their life stories against a backdrop of great social-political upheaval in China, the book suggests that the women of this 'unlucky generation' have borne the brunt of sufferings caused by sacrifices they made for the development of socialist China. Zusammenfassung Drawing upon extensive life history interviews, this book makes the voices of ordinary women workers heard and applies feminist perspectives on women and work to the Chinese situation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Researching Chinese Women's Lives 3. Growing Up in the Mao Era 4. The Danwei : Gender at Work 5. Living in the Danwei : The Intersection between Work and Family Life 6. Returning Home 7. Life has to go on 8. Mothers’ Pasts, Daughters’ Presents and Futures 9. Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Jieyu Liu, Jieyu (University of Leeds Liu, Liu Jieyu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2011
• EAN: 9780415689922
• ISBN: 978-0-415-68992-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; History, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, HISTORY / Asia / China, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General