The Work-Marriage Dilemma
This chapter focuses on young women’s experiences of education, employment and their future marriage in Chinese context. By drawing upon the qualitative data in the research, I aim to provide an insight into the following questions: What expectations do t
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New Feminism in China Young Middle-Class Chinese Women in Shanghai
New Feminism in China
Jiaran Zheng
New Feminism in China Young Middle-Class Chinese Women in Shanghai
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Jiaran Zheng Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing China
ISBN 978-981-10-0775-0 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0777-4
ISBN 978-981-10-0777-4
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Acknowledgements
This research is about social change in contemporary Chinese society and its impact on the lives of urban young women. It has been designed and undertaken by a young Chinese woman who is experiencing such a change. In this sense, this project is also a report of a personal history, an autoethnographic study of my own feminist adventure and small victory: from a spoilt only daughter in a middle-class family in China’s capital who is always dreaming about ‘making some change in the future’, to a grown-up young lady who is today realising her dream of completing her doctorate degree in the best university across the globe. This research project was funded by Cambridge Overseas Trust (COT), China Scholarship Council (CSC) and Funds for Women Graduates (FfWG), and supported by Springer Press and Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP). For their helpful comments and advice, I thank Dr. Rob Moore, my doctorate supervisor and mentor in Cambridge University, who has offered me patience, support and understandings as well as intellectual inspirations; Professor Madeleine Arnot, Dr. Hilary Cremin and Dr. Jo-Anne Dillabough in the Faculty of Education, Cambridge University; Professor Lisa Hall
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