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Under Three Heavy Mountains—Identity Construction and Subjectivity Struggle of Chinese Women Workers

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This paper examines contemporary Chinese women workers, whose experiences have gained increasing attention as rural labor forces migrate to urban areas and China’s status as the “factory of the world” evolves. It utilizes Pun Ngai’s ethnography “Made in China” as the primary text, alongside supporting texts such as “Rural Women in Urban China” (Jacka, 2006), “The change of factory regime in China and its impacts on workers” (Zhao, 2010). This paper provides a detailed analysis of the construction of these workers’ identities and their struggle for subjectivity. Confronted with triple oppression, female workers navigate and reshape their identities amidst the tensions between urban and rural settings.

Source: Advances in Social Science and Culture

DOI: 10.22158/assc.v6n5p21

Author: Linhao Yu

Institution: Chinese University of Hong Kong

Language: English

Topic: China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4402695701

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