a study of single women doing creative work in Shanghai /
Chow Yiu Fai.
Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2019]
1 online resource
Palgrave studies in globalization, culture and society
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro; Acknowledgements; A Note on Language; Contents; Chapter 1: Living onMy Own, Creatively, Precariously; The Chinese Context; Single Womanhood: Big Stress, Big Business; More Than Single Women: Creative Work, Precarity; From Precarity toLove ofZheteng; Recognition, Refusal, Caring; Here They Are; The Rest oftheBook; References; Chapter 2: Living withTheir Own Images; Magazines; Films; Advertising; Television: Dating Shows; Television: Drama; Ode toJoy!; Andi; Fan Shengmei; Qu Xiaoxiao; Guan Ju'er; Qiu Yingying86; Poisonous Chicken Soup?; Spring Festival Gala; References
Chapter 3: Living withaGeneration-Qilinghou, Balinghou, JiulinghouGeneration XYZ; Generation Post-XXXX; Qilinghou (Post-1970s, Born Between 1970 and1979); Balinghou (Post-1980s, Born Between 1980 and1989); Jiulinghou (Post-1990s, Born Between 1990 and1999); Post-post; The Single Women Generations; Jennifer (Born in1975); Michelle (Born in1983); Skipper (Born in1991); More than Generational; From Meta-narratives toPersonal Details; References; Chapter 4: Balancing Work/Life?; Double Life ofCreative Work; "They Must BeMonsters"; Chuangye asOne Way ofDoing Good Work
Other Ways: Matching andMixingIn Connection withWomen; Scenario 1: "Singlehood is good forwork, good forlife, good fordoing what youwant todo"; Scenario 2: "We don't want tosettle down"; Scenario 3: "My choices are limited"; References; Chapter 5: To Love, toLive; Single Women; Single Women inChina; Xiangqin andOther Ways ofMarital Persuasion; Finding "The Right One"; The Good Life; The Alternatives; The Lesbian Case; "Money is thebest guarantee"?; References; Chapter 6: Living withUs-The Case ofKunqu; From Creative Workers, Fans toCommunity; Kunqu andShanghai; Doing Kunqu
Together, They ... Community: YouAre Not Alone; Clarifications andDisclaimers; References; Chapter 7: Living withtheCity; Women: Place, Work, Mobility; Methodological Note; Macro Mobility: Into theBig City; Meso Mobility: IntheCity; Micro Mobility: Quotidian Practices; Mobility andTransport; Mobility andDistance; Right in theCity; References; Chapter 8: Living withThemselves, Creating Themselves; Visual Methods; Vera (Born in1981): Rebellious Monkey; Miss P (Born in1977): At theCrossroads; Jin (Born in1982): Cat andBooks; Siqi (Born in1991): Incidentally There