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UNINA9910450497103321 |
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Titolo |
Chinese women, living and working / / edited by Anne E. McLaren |
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London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-38350-9 |
1-280-17554-0 |
0-203-98723-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (203 p.) |
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Collana |
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Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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McLarenAnne E (Anne Elizabeth) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - China - Social conditions - 21st century |
Women - China - Economic conditions - 21st century |
Women - Employment - China |
Sex role - China |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I 'New' domains in the Chinese market economy; Part II Women in the professions; Part III Reinventing domestic space |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book presents significant new findings on new domains of employment for women in China's burgeoning market economy of the 1990s and the twenty-first century. Experts in gender, politics, media studies, and anthropology discuss the impact of economic reform and globalization on Chinese women in family businesses, management, the professions, the prostitution industry and domestic service. Significant themes include changing marriage and consumer aspirations and the reinvention of domestic space. The volume offers fresh insights into changing definitions of 'women's work' in contemporary Ch |
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