On the Move : Women and Rural-to-Urban Migration in Contemporary China

Arianne Gaetano

ISBN 10: 0231127073 / ISBN 13: 9780231127073

Published by Columbia University Press Mär 2004, 2004

About this Item

Neuware - In China in recent years, one of the most dramatic and significant manifestations of modernization and globalization has been a massive increase in rural-to-urban migration. Termed the 'floating population,' and numbering upwards of 100 million, these rural migrants are at the front line of both domestic and global capitalist development, working for the lowest wages in occupations that urbanites shun, and often in dangerous conditions with little or no security or legal protections. Women comprise a significant proportion of the migrant population, yet the influence of gender and the unique circumstances of women migrants have yet to receive sufficient scholarly attention.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On the Move : Women and Rural-to-Urban Migration in Contemporary China
• Publisher: Columbia University Press Mär 2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231127073
• ISBN 13: 9780231127073
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Weight: 494 grams

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Synopsis

This book explores the impact of migration on the identities, values, worldviews, and social positions of migrant women in contemporary China based on original fieldwork as well as in-depth research in multiple regions of China.

About the Author

ALEJANDRA BRONFMAN taught at the University of Florida and Yale University before moving to the University of British Columbia, where she is assistant professor in the Department of History.