Other modernities
Subtitle: gendered yearnings in China after socialism
By: Lisa Rofel.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Women -- China -- Hangzhou Shi -- Case studies.; Women silk industry workers -- China -- Hangzhou Shi -- Case studies.; Women and socialism -- China -- Hangzhou Shi -- Case studies.; Socialism -- China -- History -- 20th century.; China -- History -- 1949-
Description: "In this analysis of three generations of women in a Chinese silk factory, Lisa Rofel brilliantly interweaves the intimate details of her observations with a broad-ranging critique of the meaning of modernity in a postmodern age. The author based her study at a silk factory in the city of Hangzhou in eastern China. She compares the lives of three generations of women workers: those who entered the factory right around the Communist revolution in 1949, those who were youths during the Cultural Revolution of the 1970s, and those who have come of age in the Deng era. 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."--Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-318) and index.