Other modernities: gendered yearnings in China after socialism

Volume: 37, Issue: 04, Pages: 37 - 2243
Published: Dec 1, 1999
Abstract
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...
Paper Details
Title
Other modernities: gendered yearnings in China after socialism
Published Date
Dec 1, 1999
Volume
37
Issue
04
Pages
37 - 2243
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