MAO, Jingyu. 2024. Intimacy as a Lens on Work and Migration: Experiences of Ethnic Performers in Southwest China. Bristol: Bristol University Press
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Jingyu Mao’s book, Intimacy as a Lens on Work and Migration: Experiences of Ethnic Performers in Southwest China, offers a rare glimpse on the labour and migration that ethnic performers take on in one of Yunnan’s small-scale cities, referred to by the pseudonym Green City. Delving into the work culture of Yunnan’s ethnic minority restaurants, Mao’s book offers a thorough documentation of a group of individuals who work long, exploitative hours in the low-end economy, performing ethnic songs...
Source: China Perspectives
DOI: 10.4000/13ptk
Author: Suvi Rautio
Institution: University of Helsinki
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409294274