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"Contrary to the stereotypical portrayal of the Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers as hardworking, driven, and filial pious, this book explores the lives of a new generation of migrant workers, mostly male born in the 1990s, who are disappointed by the exploitative factories and opt for short-term employment"--
List of contents
List of figures; Preface; 1. Introduction: the great gods of Sanhe and the precariat in China; 2. Boundary setting: the formation of an identity; 3. Stay or run: the perpetual question; 4. Like riding a roller coaster: money, illegality, and relationship; 5. Curb your enthusiasm: gender, sex, and sexuality; 6. Conclusion: young and restless in China: a precarious future; Bibliography; Appendix: reflections on experiences in the field.
About the author
Xiaoshuo Hou is Professor of Sociology and Asian Studies at Skidmore College where she held the inaugural Frances Young Tang '61 Chair in Chinese Studies (2016-2021). She is the author of Community Capitalism in China: The State, the Market, and Collectivism (2013) and one of the co-editors of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism (2020) and The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism (2016).
