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Other modernities : gendered yearnings in China after socialism /
In this analysis of three generations of women in a Chinese silk factory, Lisa Rofel interweaves the intimate details of her observations with a broad-ranging critique of the meaning of modernity in a postmodern age. Exploring attitudes toward work, marriage, society, and culture, she convincingly c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, Calif. :
University of California Press,
©1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this analysis of three generations of women in a Chinese silk factory, Lisa Rofel interweaves the intimate details of her observations with a broad-ranging critique of the meaning of modernity in a postmodern age. Exploring attitudes toward work, marriage, society, and culture, she convincingly connects the changing meanings of the modern in official discourse to the stories women tell about themselves and what they make of their lives. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520919860 0520919866 0585273367 9780585273365 9780520210783 0520210786 9780520210790 0520210794 |