China

Markets and Bodies: Women, Service Work, and the Making of Inequality in China Book Cover

Markets and Bodies: Women, Service Work, and the Making of Inequality in China

"Examining how gender enables the globalization of markets and how emerging forms of service labor are changing women’s social status in China, this book reveals the forms of social inequality produced by shifts in the economy. No longer working for the common good as defined by the socialist state, service workers are catering to the individual desires of consumers. This economic transition ultimately affords a unique opportunity to investigate the possibilities and current limits for better working conditions for the young women who are enabling the development of capitalism in China."
Author
Eileen M. Otis
Publication
2011
Twentieth Century Colonialism and China: Localities, the Everyday, and the World Book Cover

Twentieth Century Colonialism and China: Localities, the Everyday, and the World

"This book investigates the complexities and subtleties of colonialism in China during the first half of the twentieth century. The chapters deal in separate sections with colonial institutions of hybridity, colonialism in specific settings, the social biopolitics of colonialism, colonial governance, and Chinese networks in colonial environments."

Author
Bryna Goodman & David SG Goodman
Publication
2012