Journal article
CIRCULAR MIGRATION AND LIFE COURSE OF FEMALE DOMESTIC WORKERS IN BEIJING
Asian population studies, Vol.7(1), pp.51-67
01/01/2011
DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2011.544905
Abstract
This study examines the migration experiences of 24 female domestic workers in Beijing through in-depth interviews. Most of these women were involved in a circular pattern of movement between their home villages and cities. The pattern of reverse and circular migration was closely related to the life-course transitions of Chinese rural women and their socially-assigned gender roles such as marriage, childbirth, child rearing and care giving for family members. For individual domestic workers, working in Beijing is a bittersweet experience. The women were subjected to unfavourable work conditions and pervasive forms of exploitation. Nevertheless, they benefited from the experience through increased access to income, knowledge and other resources unavailable in rural areas. Although these women challenged, through migration, the traditional social roles imposed on Chinese rural women, their own limitations and institutional barriers left them with few options for improving their social statuses in cities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- CIRCULAR MIGRATION AND LIFE COURSE OF FEMALE DOMESTIC WORKERS IN BEIJING
- Creators
- Man Guo - Univ So Calif, Sch Social Work, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USANelson W. S. Chow - Univ Hong Kong, Dept Social Work & Social Adm, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaLawrence A. Palinkas - Univ So Calif, Sch Social Work, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Asian population studies, Vol.7(1), pp.51-67
- DOI
- 10.1080/17441730.2011.544905
- ISSN
- 1744-1730
- eISSN
- 1744-1749
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 17
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2011
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9984307257602771
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