Out to Work: Migration, Gender, and the Changing Lives of Rural Women in Contemporary China 9780824854768

Out to Work is a fresh, engaging account of the lives of a group of migrant women who, while in their teens, moved from

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English Pages 232 [184] Year 2015

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A New Beginning
Chapter One: Rural Women and Migration under Market Socialism
Chapter Two: Dutiful Daughters and Migration Desires
Chapter Three: Gendered Social Networks and Migration Pathways
Chapter Four: Menial Women and Model Workers
Chapter Five: From Country Bumpkins to Urban Sophisticates
Chapter Six: Migrant Working Wives and Mothers
Conclusion: The Changing Lives of Rural Women
Notes
Works Cited
Index

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