Conclusion: Re-Drawing Boundaries

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. PREFACE XI
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII
5. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE Perspectives on Work
7. ONE Work and Household in Chinese Culture: Historical Perspectives 15
8. TWO Re-Drawing the Boundaries of Work: Views on the Meaning of Work (Gongzuo) 33
9. THREE What Is Work? Comparative Perspectives from the Social Sciences 51
10. FOUR The Changing Meanings of Work in China 67
11. PART TWO Recent Trends in Gender and Inequality
12. FIVE Local Meanings of Gender and Work in Rural Shaanxi in the 1950s 79
13. SIX Iron Girls Revisited: Gender and the Politics of Work in the Cultural Revolution, 1966-76 97
14. SEVEN Wage and Job Inequalities in the Working Lives of Men and Women in Tianjin 111
15. EIGHT Gender Differentials in Economic Success: Rural China in 1991 134
16. NINE The Perils of Assessing Trends in Gender Inequality in China 157
17. PART THREE Gender and Migration
18. TEN The Interplay of Gender, Space, and Work in China's Floating Population 171
19. ELEVEN Interconnections among Gender, Work, and Migration: Evidence from Zhejiang Province 197
20. TWELVE Migration, Gender, and Labor Force in Hubei Province, 1985-1990 214
21. THIRTEEN Gendered Migration and the Migration of Genders in Contemporary China 231
22. PART FOUR Households and Work
23. FOURTEEN Reconfiguring Shanghai Households 245
24. FIFTEEN Household Economies in Transitional Times 261
25. SIXTEEN Understanding the Social Inequality System and Family and Household Dynamics in China 284
26. Conclusion: Re-Drawing Boundaries 295
27. GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS 305
28. REFERENCES 307
29. CONTRIBUTORS 333
30. INDEX 339