The Other Side of Nightlife

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

• Toward a feminist theory of the state

  Catharine A Mackinnon•Toward a feminist theory of the…•1989

  Incluir item

• On the Move

  Arianne M Gaetano, Tamara Jacka•On the move•2004

  Incluir item

• Private Life under Socialism

  Y Yan•Private Life under Socialism•2003

  Incluir item

• China, Sex and Prostitution

  Elaine Jeffreys•China, Sex and Prostitution•2004

  Incluir item

• Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan

  Margery Wolf•Women and the Family in Rural…•1972

  Incluir item

• Re-Drawing Boundaries

  Lei Jin, Jin Lei et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•2002

  Incluir item

• Stratification

  Patricia A Taylor, Rae Lesser Blumberg•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1980

  Incluir item

• Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia

  Steven H Lee, Esther Ngan-Ling Chow et al.•International Journal Canada s…•2002

  Incluir item

• The Elite, the Natives, and the Outsiders

  C Cindy Fan•Annals of the Association of…•2002

  Incluir item

• The Position of Peasants in Modern China's Social Order

  Open Access•Sulamith Heins Potter•Modern China•1983

  Incluir item

• Marriage and Migration in Transitional China

  Open Access•C Cindy Fan, Ling Li et al.•Environment and Planning A…•2002

  Incluir item

• Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China, Part I

  Open Access•G William Skinner•The Journal of Asian Studies•1964

  Incluir item

• Entrepreneurial Fiends and Honest Farmers

  Tamara Perkins•Economic Development and Cultural…•2003

  Incluir item

• The Triumph of Conjugality

  Open Access•Y Yan•Ethnology•1997

  Incluir item

• Toward an Integrated Theory of Gender Stratification

  Open Access•Randall Collins, Janet Saltzman Chafetz et al.•Sociological Perspectives•1993

  Incluir item

• Consumption, Body Image, and Rural-Urban Apartheid in Contemporary China

  Open Access•Tiantian Zheng•City & Society•2003

  Incluir item

• 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

  Open Access•Rae Lesser Blumberg•Sociological Theory•2004

  Incluir item