The Other Side of Nightlife
Family and Community in the Life of a Dance Hall Hostess
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 11397665 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Tamara Perkins (Education Northwest, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2008 |
| Volumen | 06 |
| Número | 01 |
| Páginas | 96-120 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | China An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0219-7472 • E-ISSN: 0219-8614 |
| Editorial | National University of Singapore Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1142/s0219747208000071 |
| OpenAlex | W1972932497 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 17 |
The usual depiction of Chinese dance hall hostesses is that of young, initially inexperienced women from poor, rural areas who are seduced by the material possibilities of urban living and who often lie to family and friends about the type of work they do. The case study of Chang Meihong indicates that this characterisation is incomplete. A dance hall position may in fact allow a married woman a large measure of power and independence vis-à-vis her husband and her female counterparts in the community. However, there is a complex set of social costs and benefits to the profession that such women have chosen
Archaeology · Art · Dance · Depiction · Geography · Independence (probability theory · Nightlife · Physics · Power (physics · Sociology · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies
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On the Move
Private Life under Socialism
China, Sex and Prostitution
Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan
Re-Drawing Boundaries
Stratification
Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia
The Elite, the Natives, and the Outsiders
The Position of Peasants in Modern China's Social Order
Marriage and Migration in Transitional China
Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China, Part I
Entrepreneurial Fiends and Honest Farmers
The Triumph of Conjugality
Toward an Integrated Theory of Gender Stratification
Consumption, Body Image, and Rural-Urban Apartheid in Contemporary China
Extending Lenski's Schema to Hold up Both Halves of the Sky-A Theory-Guided Way of Conceptualizing Agrarian Societies that Illuminates a Puzzle about Gender Stratification
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |