Other modernities :: gendered yearnings in China after socialism /

In this analysis of three generations of women in a Chinese silk factory, Lisa Rofel interweaves the intimate details of her observations with a broad-ranging critique of the meaning of modernity in a postmodern age. Exploring attitudes toward work, marriage, society, and culture, she convincingly c...

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1. Verfasser: Rofel, Lisa, 1953-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1999.
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Zusammenfassung:In this analysis of three generations of women in a Chinese silk factory, Lisa Rofel interweaves the intimate details of her observations with a broad-ranging critique of the meaning of modernity in a postmodern age. Exploring attitudes toward work, marriage, society, and culture, she convincingly connects the changing meanings of the modern in official discourse to the stories women tell about themselves and what they make of their lives.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-318) and index.
ISBN:9780520919860
0520919866
0585273367
9780585273365
9780520210783
0520210786
9780520210790
0520210794

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