Leisure as a Constraint and a Manifesto for Empowerment
The Life Story of a Chinese Female Migrant Worker
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11216677 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Monica Z Li (Beijing International Studies University, corresponding author), Monika Stodolska (0000-0002-1727-2841, Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 121-137 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leisure Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-0400 • E-ISSN: 1521-0588 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01490400.2018.1483854 |
| OpenAlex | W2890694884 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 38 |
Using a series of life-story interviews with a female migrant live-in caregiver in Beijing, this study examined the history and evolution of the migrant worker’s migration and the impacts it had on her leisure experience, identities, values, and social positions. The findings revealed that migration imposed unique constraints on her leisure, such as those related to the overlap of work and leisure time and space, limited finances, preference for money accumulation over spending on leisure, illiteracy, alienation from the host population, and a breakdown of family ties. Migration to the city, however, also led to her economic and gender empowerment, presented new leisure opportunities, and contributed to the development of new leisure attitudes
Alienation · Beijing · Casual · China · Constraint (computer-aided design · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Functional illiteracy · Leisure activity · Political science · Population · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of leisure · Demography · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Gender Studies · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |