Constructing the ultimate “leftover women”: Chinese media’s representation of female PhDs in the postsocialist era

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Xiaomeng Li
Keyword(s):  
Leftover Women

scholarly journals Gender discrimination in societal and familial realms: Understanding agency among Chinese marriage migrant women in Switzerland

2021 ◽  
pp. 011719682098159
Author(s):  
Yali Chen
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Professional Women ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Leftover Women ◽  
Foreign Wives

To understand the agency of Chinese marriage migrant women in Switzerland in their everyday life, the present article examines the reasons why Chinese women marry European men and their post-migratory life in Switzerland. Based on interviews with Chinese marriage migrant women, the article discusses their gendered representations before migration (as “leftover women” or “divorced women”) to being “foreign wives” after migration to Switzerland. Their migration from China to Switzerland also resulted to a change in their roles from “professional women” to “homemakers.” The gender-related discrimination the women encountered from China to their post-migration life in Switzerland demonstrates a continuum of gender discrimination in which they highly exert their agency that has also been enhanced by acts of resistance.

Book Review: Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China

China Report ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-150
Author(s):  
Madhurima Nundy
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Leftover Women

Leftover Women

2015 ◽  
pp. 100-124
Author(s):  
Anni Kajanus
Keyword(s):  
Leftover Women
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