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020			_a9781783607891
028			_a:International Book Distributors _b:Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi _c:114675 _d:26/11/2019
082			_a305.4095 FIN
100			_aFincher, Leta Hong
245			_aLeftover Women _b : the Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China _c/ Leta Hong Fincher
260			_aNew York _b: Zed Books, _c2014
300			_a213p. _c24cm.
365			_b927
505			_aChina's "leftover" women -- How Chinese women were shut out of the biggest accumulation of real-estate wealth in history -- China's giant gender wealth gap -- Back to the Ming dynasty -- Wives caught in China's web of abuse -- Fighting back. Asian Arguments; About the Author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Introduction; 1 China's "leftover" women; How the state stigmatizes single educated women in their late twenties; Marriage, social stability and upgrading "population quality"; Dismantling women's gains of the past; 2 How Chinese women were shut out of the biggest accumulation of real-estate wealth in history; Homes worth US30 trillion, most registered in men's names; "He's going to be the landlord and I'll pay him rent"; "I have been cast aside by the law"; 3 China's giant gender wealth gap; The hukou system. Why parents tend to buy homes for sons but not daughtersHow state promotion of marriage and new households fuels real-estate mania; Why real-estate wealth is more important than income for Chinese women; 4 Back to the Ming dynasty; The golden age for women's property rights: 1,000 years ago?; Women's "liberation" in the Republican and Communist revolutions; Marriage and the erosion of women's property rights in the post-Mao era; 5 Wives caught in China's web of abuse; "Don't expose family ugliness"; "The system is designed to make you give up"; "Why should I give her a divorce? We're family." 6 Fighting backWomen's resistance in the authoritarian state; Gender and LGBTQ activism; The future of women's rights in China; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; Asian Arguments published titles.
520			_aContrary to many claims made in the media, women in China have experienced a dramatic rollback of rights and gains relative to men. Leftover Women lays out the structural discrimination against women and speaks to broader problems with China's economy, politics, and development.
650			_aSocial Sciences
650			_a Groups of people
650			_aSex discrimination against women -- China.
650			_aRight of property -- China.
650			_aSocial Science -- Minority Studies
650			_aSocial Science -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
650			_aChina
650			_aSocial ställning.
700			_aFincher, Leta Hong
942			_cBOOK