Women's Work in Rural China
Douban
Change and Continuity in an Era of Reform
Tamara Jacka
overview
Since 1978, reform policies introduced in rural China have had a profound impact on women's work and gender divisions of labor. This book provides detailed information on the shifts in women's work patterns that have occurred. It explains how and why these shifts have come about, and how they relate to other aspects of women's position in society. While other aspects of reform in rural China have been analyzed extensively, this is one of very few, and to date the most comprehensive, studies of the effects of reform on rural women.
contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Theorising gender
2 Patterns from the past
3 Post-Mao reforms
4 Families
5 Education and politics
6 Domestic work
7 Agriculture
8 Entrepreneurs on the farm
9 Industry
10 Conclusion
Appendix 1 Summary of information on sample families
in rural Beijing, Shandong and Sichuan
Appendix 2 Employment in sample township enterprises
in rural Beijing, Shandong and Sichuan
Notes
Bibliography
Index