03282nam 2200733 a 450 991045766190332120200520144314.00-8047-7835-310.1515/9780804778350(CKB)2550000000073679(EBL)816149(OCoLC)768081840(SSID)ssj0000646675(PQKBManifestationID)12207754(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646675(PQKBWorkID)10699941(PQKB)10468831(SSID)ssj0000638311(PQKBManifestationID)12274642(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000638311(PQKBWorkID)10714300(PQKB)11001023(MiAaPQ)EBC816149(DE-B1597)564883(DE-B1597)9780804778350(Au-PeEL)EBL816149(CaPaEBR)ebr10519781(OCoLC)1198929829(EXLCZ)99255000000007367920110308d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMarkets and bodies[electronic resource] women, service work, and the making of inequality in China /Eileen M. OtisStanford, California Stanford University Press20121 online resource (229 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-7648-2 0-8047-7649-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Global markets, local bodies : the labor of service -- "The customer is God": women and China's new occupational geography -- Virtual personalism : importing global luxury and middle class femininity to the Beijing Transluxury Hotel -- Virtuous professionalism : localizing global luxury at the Kunming Transluxury Hotel -- Aspirational urbanism : consuming respect in China's informal consumer service sector -- Embodying consumer markets at work.Insulated from the dust, noise, and crowds churning outside, China's luxury hotels are staging areas for the new economic and political landscape of the country. These hotels, along with other emerging service businesses, offer an important, new source of employment for millions of workers, but also bring to light levels of inequality that surpass most developed nations. Examining how gender enables the globalization of markets and how emerging forms of service labor are changing women's social status in China, Markets and Bodies reveals the forms of social inequality produWomen service industries workersChinaWomenEmploymentChinaWomenChinaSocial conditionsSex role in the work environmentChinaEqualityChinaElectronic books.Women service industries workersWomenEmploymentWomenSocial conditions.Sex role in the work environmentEquality331.4/81000951Otis Eileen M1037555MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457661903321Markets and bodies2458601UNINA