interview data collected from women of three different cohorts in urban China, this study challenges China's free …-market approach and demonstrates its negative impacts on women's work and family experiences. The book also explores urban women's non …

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I Women’s Family Responsibilities and Employment in China -- Chapter 2 Market Wage …, Child Care, and the Employment of Married Women in China -- Chapter 3 Parent Care and Middle-aged Women’s Employment -- Part … Impact of Policy on Women’s Labour Market Outcomes in China -- Chapter 7 The Impact of Higher Education Expansion Policy on …

"When Chinese women bound their daughters' feet, many consequences ensued, some beyond the imagination of the binders … fieldwork and interviews with almost 5,000 women, this book examines footbinding as Sichuan women remember it from the final …