Leftover women : the resurgence of gender inequality in China / / Leta Hong Fincher |
Autore | Hong Fincher Leta |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.40951 |
Collana | Asian Arguments |
Soggetto topico |
Cognitive psychology
Gender indentity Social stability |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78360-790-4
1-78032-922-9 1-78032-923-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453674403321 |
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 | ||
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Leftover women : the resurgence of gender inequality in China / / Leta Hong Fincher |
Autore | Hong Fincher Leta |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.40951 |
Collana | Asian Arguments |
Soggetto topico |
Cognitive psychology
Gender indentity Social stability |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-350-22109-0
1-78360-790-4 1-78032-922-9 1-78032-923-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910534021603321 |
Hong Fincher Leta
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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