New boundary work of rural migrants: How it opens up new potential ways of remaking rural-urban symbolic boundaries in China
MM Chew - Chinese Sociological Review, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
There are powerful symbolic boundaries in urban China that exclude rural migrants. This
study identifies and analyzes the new boundary work that aims at remaking these rural …
study identifies and analyzes the new boundary work that aims at remaking these rural …
Malaise of Indolence:(Dis) Engagements with the Future among Young Migrants in Shanghai
L Richaud - Ethos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rural‐to‐urban migrants in China have often been portrayed as striving subjects, living in
“suspension” for the sake of the entrepreneurial futures they desire. Drawing on fieldwork …
“suspension” for the sake of the entrepreneurial futures they desire. Drawing on fieldwork …
[PDF][PDF] The Precarity of Trust: Domestic Helpers as “Working-Singles” in Shanghai
PTT Ip, J de Kloet - BEING SINGLE IN THE CITY - library.oapen.org
In this chapter, we analyze the working conditions of domestic helpers (ayi) and coin the
term “working-single” to refer to their affective experiences in laboring in the private urban …
term “working-single” to refer to their affective experiences in laboring in the private urban …