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Caring in times of precarity : a study of single women doing creative work in Shanghai / Chow Yiu Fai.

Caring in Times of Precarity draws together two key cultural observations: the increase in those living a single life, and the growing attraction of creative careers. Straddling this historical juncture, the book focuses on one particular group of 'precariat': single women in Shanghai in v...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Chow, Yiu Fai
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Series:Palgrave studies in globalization, culture and society.
Subjects:
Single women > China > Shanghai.
Single women > Employment > China > Shanghai.
Self-employed women > China > Shanghai.
Creative ability in business > China > Shanghai.
Women > China > Shanghai > Social conditions.
Women > Social conditions.
Single women > Employment.
Creative ability in business.
Self-employed women.
Single women.
China > Shanghai.
Table of Contents:
  • Living onMy Own, Creatively, Precariously
  • Living with Their Own Images
  • Living with a generation: Qilinghou, Balinghou, Jiulinghou
  • Balancing work/life?
  • To love, to live
  • Living with us--the case of Kunqu
  • Living with the city
  • Living with themselves, creating themselves
  • Epilogue.

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