Young and Restless in China : Informal Economy, Gender, and the Precariat
by
Xiaoshuo Hou
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1009511718
ISBN-13
9781009511711
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 18th, 2026
Print length
169 Pages
Weight
272 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Gender studies, gender groupsGender studies, gender groupsSocial research & statisticsSocial research and statisticsSociology: family & relationshipsSociology: family, kinship and relationshipsSociology: work & labourSociology: work and labourPolitical science & theoryPolitical science and theoryPolitical economy
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Contrary to the stereotypical portrayal of the Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers as hardworking, driven, and filial pious, this book explores the lives of a new generation of migrant workers, mostly male born in the 1990s, who are disappointed by the exploitative factories and opt for short-term employment.
At a time when precarious labor is on the rise on a global scale, Young and Restless in China explores both the institutional and the individual processes that lead to informal employment and the clustering of the 'great gods' (dashen) – migrant workers, mostly male and born in the 1990s, who are disappointed by exploitative factories and thus choose short-term employment and day labor – in urban migrant communities. Based on ethnographic studies in two of those communities in China, this book analyzes the gendered and gendering aspects of labor, reveals the different processes of precarization among workers, and discusses the role of the diverse intermediaries who both sustain workers' livelihoods and reproduce their precarity.
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