02517oam 2200577 450 991081949810332120240131154026.01-317-46060-X1-315-70102-21-317-46061-81-280-91216-297866109121620-7656-2160-610.4324/9781315701028 (OCoLC)527355674(MiFhGG)GVRL1XIV(EXLCZ)99100000000034850920050718d2005 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRural women in urban China gender, migration, and social change /Tamara JackaArmonk, N.Y. :M.E. Sharpe, Inc.,2005.1 online resource (xii, 329 pages) illustrationsGale eBooksFirst published 2006 by M.E. Sharpe.0-7656-0821-9 0-7656-0820-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: From the "margins" to the "center" -- The subject -- Between "rural idiocy" and "urban modernity" -- Assembling working sisters -- Place -- In and out of place -- The place of desire -- People -- Relationships -- Identifications -- Time -- Narrative, time, and agency -- Appendix 1. List of interlocutors named in the text -- Appendix 2. Map 1. the People's Republic of China -- Map 2. Beijing municipality.Focuses on the experiences of rural-urban migrants, the particular ways in which they talk about those experiences, and how those experiences affect their sense of identity. Through first-hand accounts of actual migrant workers, the author provides insights into how rural women respond to migration and life in the city; and more.Migrant laborChinaMigration, InternalChinaRural womenChinaEconomic conditionsRural womenChinaSocial conditionsRural-urban migrationChinaMigrant laborMigration, InternalChina.Rural womenEconomic conditions.Rural womenSocial conditions.Rural-urban migration307.2/4/0820951Jacka Tamara1965-,953437MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910819498103321Rural women in urban China4042025UNINA