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Hong Fincher Leta |
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Titolo |
Leftover women : the resurgence of gender inequality in China / / Leta Hong Fincher |
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-350-22109-0 |
1-78360-790-4 |
1-78032-922-9 |
1-78032-923-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cognitive psychology |
Gender indentity |
Social stability |
Electronic books. |
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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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Asian Arguments; About the Author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Introduction; 1 China's "leftover" women; How the state stigmatizes single educated women in their late twenties; Marriage, social stability and upgrading "population quality"; Dismantling women's gains of the past; 2 How Chinese women were shut out of the biggest accumulation of real-estate wealth in history; Homes worth US30 trillion, most registered in men's names; "He's going to be the landlord and I'll pay him rent"; "I have been cast aside by the law"; 3 China's giant gender wealth gap; The hukou system |
Why parents tend to buy homes for sons but not daughtersHow state promotion of marriage and new households fuels real-estate mania; Why real-estate wealth is more important than income for Chinese women; 4 Back to the Ming dynasty; The golden age for women's property rights: 1,000 years ago?; Women's "liberation" in the Republican and Communist revolutions; Marriage and the erosion of women's property rights in the post-Mao era; 5 Wives caught in China's |
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web of abuse; "Don't expose family ugliness"; "The system is designed to make you give up"; "Why should I give her a divorce? We're family" |
6 Fighting backWomen's resistance in the authoritarian state; Gender and LGBTQ activism; The future of women's rights in China; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; Asian Arguments published titles |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Contrary to many claims made in the media, women in China have experienced a dramatic rollback of rights and gains relative to men. Leftover Women lays out the structural discrimination against women and speaks to broader problems with China's economy, politics, and development. |
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