02775oam 22005414a 450 991015469560332120240102235721.09780295999241(MiAaPQ)EBC4858183(OCoLC)966446912(MdBmJHUP)musev2_81658(CKB)3710000000903047(NjHacI)993710000000903047(EXLCZ)99371000000090304720170308h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierRural origins, city livesclass and place in contemporary China /Roberta ZavorettiSeattle :University of Washington Press,2017.©2017.xviii, 202 pages) illustrations, maps0-295-99924-1 0-295-99925-X Includes bibliographical references and index.The paradigm of rural to urban migrationg in contemporary China -- What is a "peasant worker"? -- Speaking of oneself -- A place of encounters -- Earning, spending, consuming -- Negotiating success -- Making place, making class"Many of the millions of workers streaming in from rural China to jobs at urban factories soon find themselves in new kinds of poverty and oppression. Yet, their individual experiences are far more nuanced than popular narratives might suggest. Rural Origins, City Lives probes long-held assumptions about migrant workers in China. Drawing on fieldwork in Nanjing, Roberta Zavoretti argues that many rural-born urban-dwellers are--contrary to state policy and media portrayals--heterogeneous in their employment, lifestyle, and aspirations. Working and living in the cities, rural-born workers change China's urban landscape, becoming part of an increasingly diversified and stratified society. Zavoretti finds that, over thirty years after the Open Door Reform, class formation, not residence status, is key to understanding inequality in contemporary China."--Rabat de la jaquetteSocial classesChinaMigrant laborMigrant laborfast(OCoLC)fst01020711Rural-urban migrationSocial aspectsfast(OCoLC)fst01101951Chinafast(OCoLC)fst01206073ChinaSocial conditions2000-Social classesMigrant labor.Migrant labor.Rural-urban migrationSocial aspects.China.305.5/130951Zavoretti Roberta1055050MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910154695603321Rural origins, city lives4030416UNINA