Jacka, Tamara, 1965-

Rural women in urban China : gender, migration, and social change / Tamara Jacka. - Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., c2005. - xii, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

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Rural women--Social conditions.--China
Rural women--Economic conditions.--China
Rural-urban migration--China.
Migrant labor--China.
Migration, Internal--China.
Women internal migrants--China.
Migratie (demografie)
Plattelandsbevolking.
Sociale verandering.
Urbanisatie.
Vrouwen.
Femmes en milieu rural--Conditions sociales.--Chine
Femmes en milieu rural--Conditions économiques.--Chine
Exode rural--Chine.
Travailleurs migrants--Chine.
Migration intérieure--Chine.
Urbanisatie.
Plattelandsbevolking.
Migratie (demografie)
Vrouwen.
Sociale verandering.
Frau.
Landflucht.


China.

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