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Lives : Chinese working women
Mary Sheridan and Janet W. Salaff
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments (page ix)
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Explanatory Notes and Conversion Tables (page xi)
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Introduction (Mary Sheridan and Janet W. Salaff, page 1)
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1. The Life History Method (Mary Sheridan, page 11)
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PART I. THE OLDER GENERATION
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2. Historical Background on Chinese Women (Andrea McElderry, page 25)
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3. Spinster Sisterhoods — Jing Yih Sifu: Spinster-Domestic-Nun (Andrea Sankar, page 51)
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4. Village Wives — Granny Cheung: Peasant (Deborah Davis-Friedmann, page 71)
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5. Hakka Women — Great-Aunt Yeung: A Hakka Wage Laborer (Elizabeth L. Johnson, page 76)
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PART II. TAIWAN AND HONG KONG
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6. Doing Fieldwork (Lydia Kung, Linda Gail Arrigo, and Janet W. Salaff, page 95)
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7. Taiwan Garment Workers — Wang Su-lan: Filial Daughter; Teng Hsiu-ling: Middle Sister (Lydia Kung, page 109)
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8. Taiwan Electronics Workers — Lim Li-suat: Adopted Daughter; Tsai Chen-hwei: Divorcée (Linda Gail Arrigo, page 123)
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9. Wage Earners in Hong Kong — "Rainbow": The Café Culture; Wai-gun: The Garment District (Janet W. Salaff, page 146)
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PART III. CHINA
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10. The Chinese Biographical Method: A Moral and Didactic Tradition (Jerome Ch'en, page 175)
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11. Yenan Women in Revolution — Ch'en Min: In the Army and the Shoe Factory; Old Lady Liu: Heroine of Spinning and Weaving; Li Feng-lien: A Comrade in the Tunic Factory (Mary Sheridan (translator and editor), page 180)
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12. "On the Eve of Her Departure" — Ting Chih-hui: Model Cadre (Jerome Ch'en (translator and editor), page 197)
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13. Contemporary Generations — Zhao Xiuyin: Lady of the Sties (Mary Sheridan, page 204)
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Conclusion (Mary Sheridan and Janet W. Salaff, page 236)
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Notes (page 243)
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Biographical Sketches (page 257)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AJCA | 0.12 (Jul. 1984): 213-215 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0156-7365%28198407%290%3A12%3C213%3ALCWW%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K |
CQ | 0.102 (Jun. 1985): 341-342 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0305-7410%28198506%290%3A102%3C341%3ALCWW%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B |
PA | 58.3 (Autumn 1985): 514-515 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-851X%28198523%2958%3A3%3C514%3ALCWW%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9 |
CS | 14.4 (Jul. 1985): 499-500 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0094-3061%28198507%2914%3A4%3C499%3ALCWW%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5 |
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Published: c1984
Publisher: Indiana University Press
- 9780253336040 (hardcover)
- 9780253203199 (paper)