Yige Dong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3629545 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yige Dong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yige |
| FAMILY NAME | Dong |
| SIGNATURE | DONG Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4944-0245 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Introduction: Socialist industrialization, deskilling, and reducing the gap between mental and manual labor in China
Red Housekeeping” in a Socialist Factory: Jiashu and Transforming Reproductive Labor in Urban China (1949–1962)
While scholarship on “women's liberation” under historically existing socialism focuses on heroic women making inroads into male-dominated domains, this article explores a previously overlooked group of women in socialist China. Known as jiashu in Chinese, these women are the female dependents (wives, mothers, and in-laws) of both male and female employees in a workplace. Specifically, it centers on the experiences of the jiashu of textile worker…
Chinese Feminists Face Paradoxical State Policies
Struggles for women’s rights, and the state’s responses, have shifted over the history of the People’s Republic of China. In an initial period of socialist state feminism, the Chinese Communist Party celebrated “women’s liberation” and offered child-friendly services to facilitate women’s entry into the workforce. During the era of post-socialist economic modernization, services were curtailed, shifting family responsibilities back to women and r…
The Dilemma of Foxconn Moms: Social Reproduction and the Rise of 'Gig Manufacturing' in China
As the first ethnographic account of Foxconn in Zhengzhou-the world's largest iPhone manufacturing base-this paper argues that a new labor regime features 'hegemonic precarity' has arisen since capital's move to inland China. Despite being offered formal contracts with long-term benefits, inland Foxconn workers choose a more precarious employment status. I argue that this surprising pattern is a result of the interaction between dynamics at the p…
The crisis of social reproduction and 'Made-in-China' feminism
Crises of care and social reproduction have led to new debates and social movements around the world, but there has been little scholarly scrutiny in the global North on these issues as they are unfolding in China. Facing rapid population ageing and historically low birth rates, the Chinese government believes the country is suffering from a demographic crisis. Yet, the so-called population question is fundamentally a political one: who is bearin…
Spinners or sitters? Regimes of social reproduction and urban Chinese workers’ employment choices
Despite China being the world’s factory, its labor market is now primarily service-based with a high level of informality. When formal manufacturing and informal service sectors co-exist, how do workers make their choices? While existing literature focuses on rural migrant workers’ experience in the Chinese labor system, this study extends the analytical scope to low-skill urban workers. Drawing on archival, interview, and ethnographic data in a …
What is made-in-China feminism(s)? Gender discontent and class friction in post-socialist China
Contemporary Chinese feminism has drawn much attention in academe and popular media, yet its ontological roots and the politics of naming has largely escaped scrutiny. This paper first demonstrates that China’s post-socialist transition has given rise to a new gendered structure of power, in response to which urban young women have assembled various discursive and material practices in their struggles. Second, the social rupture and shock caused …
Nangong, nügong: Dangdai Zhongguo nongmingong de xingbie, jiating yu qianyi. 男工、女工:當代中國農民工的性別、家庭與遷移 (Factory boys, factory girls: Gender, family and the migration of rural people in contemporary China…
The Brief, Tumultuous History of “Big Democracy” in China’s Factories
This article compares two fateful experiments conducted during the Mao era in China that encouraged freewheeling criticism of Communist cadres: the 1957 Party Rectification campaign and the early upheavals of the Cultural Revolution (1966–1968). Through a content analysis of articles published in the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship newspaper, People’s Daily, we first show that the two movements shared characteristics that made them very simila…
How Chinese Students Become Nationalist: Their American Experience and Transpacific Futures
The Dilemma of Foxconn Moms: Social Reproduction and the Rise of 'Gig Manufacturing' in China
As the first ethnographic account of Foxconn in Zhengzhou-the world's largest iPhone manufacturing base-this paper argues that a new labor regime features 'hegemonic precarity' has arisen since capital's move to inland China. Despite being offered formal contracts with long-term benefits, inland Foxconn workers choose a more precarious employment status. I argue that this surprising pattern is a result of the interaction between dynamics at the p…
Spinners or sitters? Regimes of social reproduction and urban Chinese workers’ employment choices
Despite China being the world’s factory, its labor market is now primarily service-based with a high level of informality. When formal manufacturing and informal service sectors co-exist, how do workers make their choices? While existing literature focuses on rural migrant workers’ experience in the Chinese labor system, this study extends the analytical scope to low-skill urban workers. Drawing on archival, interview, and ethnographic data in a …
How Chinese Students Become Nationalist: Their American Experience and Transpacific Futures
Red Housekeeping” in a Socialist Factory: Jiashu and Transforming Reproductive Labor in Urban China (1949–1962)
While scholarship on “women's liberation” under historically existing socialism focuses on heroic women making inroads into male-dominated domains, this article explores a previously overlooked group of women in socialist China. Known as jiashu in Chinese, these women are the female dependents (wives, mothers, and in-laws) of both male and female employees in a workplace. Specifically, it centers on the experiences of the jiashu of textile worker…
The Brief, Tumultuous History of “Big Democracy” in China’s Factories
This article compares two fateful experiments conducted during the Mao era in China that encouraged freewheeling criticism of Communist cadres: the 1957 Party Rectification campaign and the early upheavals of the Cultural Revolution (1966–1968). Through a content analysis of articles published in the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship newspaper, People’s Daily, we first show that the two movements shared characteristics that made them very simila…
How Chinese Students Become Nationalist: Their American Experience and Transpacific Futures
The Brief, Tumultuous History of “Big Democracy” in China’s Factories
This article compares two fateful experiments conducted during the Mao era in China that encouraged freewheeling criticism of Communist cadres: the 1957 Party Rectification campaign and the early upheavals of the Cultural Revolution (1966–1968). Through a content analysis of articles published in the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship newspaper, People’s Daily, we first show that the two movements shared characteristics that made them very simila…
What is made-in-China feminism(s)? Gender discontent and class friction in post-socialist China
Contemporary Chinese feminism has drawn much attention in academe and popular media, yet its ontological roots and the politics of naming has largely escaped scrutiny. This paper first demonstrates that China’s post-socialist transition has given rise to a new gendered structure of power, in response to which urban young women have assembled various discursive and material practices in their struggles. Second, the social rupture and shock caused …
Nangong, nügong: Dangdai Zhongguo nongmingong de xingbie, jiating yu qianyi. 男工、女工:當代中國農民工的性別、家庭與遷移 (Factory boys, factory girls: Gender, family and the migration of rural people in contemporary China…
Spinners or sitters? Regimes of social reproduction and urban Chinese workers’ employment choices
Despite China being the world’s factory, its labor market is now primarily service-based with a high level of informality. When formal manufacturing and informal service sectors co-exist, how do workers make their choices? While existing literature focuses on rural migrant workers’ experience in the Chinese labor system, this study extends the analytical scope to low-skill urban workers. Drawing on archival, interview, and ethnographic data in a …
The crisis of social reproduction and 'Made-in-China' feminism
Crises of care and social reproduction have led to new debates and social movements around the world, but there has been little scholarly scrutiny in the global North on these issues as they are unfolding in China. Facing rapid population ageing and historically low birth rates, the Chinese government believes the country is suffering from a demographic crisis. Yet, the so-called population question is fundamentally a political one: who is bearin…
Chinese Feminists Face Paradoxical State Policies
Struggles for women’s rights, and the state’s responses, have shifted over the history of the People’s Republic of China. In an initial period of socialist state feminism, the Chinese Communist Party celebrated “women’s liberation” and offered child-friendly services to facilitate women’s entry into the workforce. During the era of post-socialist economic modernization, services were curtailed, shifting family responsibilities back to women and r…
The Dilemma of Foxconn Moms: Social Reproduction and the Rise of 'Gig Manufacturing' in China
As the first ethnographic account of Foxconn in Zhengzhou-the world's largest iPhone manufacturing base-this paper argues that a new labor regime features 'hegemonic precarity' has arisen since capital's move to inland China. Despite being offered formal contracts with long-term benefits, inland Foxconn workers choose a more precarious employment status. I argue that this surprising pattern is a result of the interaction between dynamics at the p…
Red Housekeeping” in a Socialist Factory: Jiashu and Transforming Reproductive Labor in Urban China (1949–1962)
While scholarship on “women's liberation” under historically existing socialism focuses on heroic women making inroads into male-dominated domains, this article explores a previously overlooked group of women in socialist China. Known as jiashu in Chinese, these women are the female dependents (wives, mothers, and in-laws) of both male and female employees in a workplace. Specifically, it centers on the experiences of the jiashu of textile worker…
Introduction: Socialist industrialization, deskilling, and reducing the gap between mental and manual labor in China
China (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Communism (3 works)