Rural origins, city lives : class and place in contemporary China / / Roberta Zavoretti

• Autore: Zavoretti Roberta
• Pubblicazione: Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: xviii, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 305.5/130951
• Soggetto topico: Social classes - China; Migrant labor; Rural-urban migration - Social aspects; China
• Soggetto geografico: China Social conditions 2000-
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: "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 jaquette
• Titolo autorizzato: Rural origins, city lives
• ISBN: 9780295999241
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154695603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II