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Rural Women in Urban China : Gender, Migration, and Social Change.

Based on in-depth ethnographic research - and using an approach that seeks to understand how migration is experienced by the migrants themselves - this is a fascinating study of the experiences of women in rural China who joined the vast migration to Beijing and other cities at the end of the twenti...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacka, Tamara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: From the "Margins" to the "Center"; Part I. The Subject; 1. Between "Rural Idiocy" and "Urban Modernity"; 2. Assembling Working Sisters; Part II. Place; 3. In and Out of Place; 4. The Place of Desire; Part III. People; 5. Relationships; 6. Identifications; Part IV. Time; 7. Narrative, Time, and Agency; Appendix 1. List of Interlocutors Named in the Text; Appendix 2. Map 1. The People's Republic of China; Map 2. Beijing Municipality; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.