Home and away: Chinese migrant workers between two worlds | |
Myerson, Rebecca ; Hou, Yubo ; Tang, Huizhen ; Cheng, Ying ; Wang, Yan ; Ye, Zhuxuan | |
2010 | |
关键词 | MIGRATION HEALTH LABOR |
英文摘要 | The Chinese communist party dissolved powerful local clans into modular individuals loyal to the central state and easily mobilized for government projects. Now migrants must redefine home and family for an era where government safety nets are no longer reliable and mobility yields economic returns. We discuss female migrant factory worker's attitudes towards home and traditional and modern values and implications for themselves and family who remain behind. Methods: We surveyed 1,017 rural female migrants in Guangdong factories. Measures included the General Health Questionnaire 20 and the Chinese Individual Traditional and Modern Values Scale, as well as other relevant attitudes. Results: Participants supported filial piety but rejected other aspects of traditional society, instead emphasizing values such as personal ability that contribute to success in modern society. These value judgments did not vary with duration of residence in the city. Participants did not sever ties with home or assimilate into urban culture. A case study illustrates contradictions involved in combining mobility, individualism and devotion to distant family. Conclusion: Rural migrants unable to change their legal place of residence maintain psychological and economic ties with their former homes even if they plan not to return.; Sociology; SSCI; 4; ARTICLE; 1; 26-44; 58 |
语种 | 英语 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/162941] ![]() |
专题 | 心理与认知科学学院 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Myerson, Rebecca,Hou, Yubo,Tang, Huizhen,et al. Home and away: Chinese migrant workers between two worlds[J],2010. |
APA | Myerson, Rebecca,Hou, Yubo,Tang, Huizhen,Cheng, Ying,Wang, Yan,&Ye, Zhuxuan.(2010).Home and away: Chinese migrant workers between two worlds.. |
MLA | Myerson, Rebecca,et al."Home and away: Chinese migrant workers between two worlds".(2010). |
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