Rural Origins, City Lives
Class and Place in Contemporary China
Seiten
2020
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-74808-5 (ISBN)
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-74808-5 (ISBN)
A new understanding of rural-urban migration and inequality in contemporary China
Many of the millions of workers streaming in from rural China to jobs at urban factories soon find themselves in new kinds of poverty and oppression. Yet, their individual experiences are far more nuanced than popular narratives might suggest. Rural Origins, City Lives probes long-held assumptions about migrant workers in China. Drawing on fieldwork in Nanjing, Roberta Zavoretti argues that many rural-born urban-dwellers are—contrary to state policy and media portrayals—diverse in their employment, lifestyle, and aspirations. Working and living in the cities, such workers change China’s urban landscape, becoming part of an increasingly diversified and stratified society. Zavoretti finds that—more than thirty years after the Open Door Reform—class formation, not residence status, is key to understanding inequality in contemporary China.
Many of the millions of workers streaming in from rural China to jobs at urban factories soon find themselves in new kinds of poverty and oppression. Yet, their individual experiences are far more nuanced than popular narratives might suggest. Rural Origins, City Lives probes long-held assumptions about migrant workers in China. Drawing on fieldwork in Nanjing, Roberta Zavoretti argues that many rural-born urban-dwellers are—contrary to state policy and media portrayals—diverse in their employment, lifestyle, and aspirations. Working and living in the cities, such workers change China’s urban landscape, becoming part of an increasingly diversified and stratified society. Zavoretti finds that—more than thirty years after the Open Door Reform—class formation, not residence status, is key to understanding inequality in contemporary China.
Roberta Zavoretti is a lecturer of social and cultural anthropology at the University of Cologne.
Introduction: The Paradigm of Rural to Urban
Migration in Contemporary China
1. Who Is a “Peasant Worker”?
2. Speaking of Oneself
3. A Place of Encounters
4. Earning, Spending, Consuming
5. Negotiating Success
Conclusion: Making Place, Making Class
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.08.2020 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Seattle |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 318 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-295-74808-7 / 0295748087 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-295-74808-5 / 9780295748085 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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