PROF Jieyu Liu's Outputs (57)

Ageing, migration and familial support in rural China (2014)
Journal Article
Liu, J. (2014). Ageing, migration and familial support in rural China. Geoforum, 51, 305-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.04.013

Accelerated by economic reforms, a large scale migration of younger workers from rural to urban China has taken place since the 1990s. This has separated many adult children from their ageing parents and imposed significant challenges on traditional... Read More about Ageing, migration and familial support in rural China.

Ageing and Migration in Rural China (2013)
Other
Liu, J. (2013). Ageing and Migration in Rural China

White-collar workers: gender and class politics in an urban organization (2013)
Book Chapter
Liu, J. (2013). White-collar workers: gender and class politics in an urban organization. In M. Chen, & D. Goodman (Eds.), Middle Class China: Identity and Behaviour (75-89). Edward Elgar

Mothers’ Pasts and Daughters’ Presents and Futures: A Cross-generational Exploration of Women’s Work and Aspirations in Urban China (2012)
Book Chapter
Liu, J. (2012). Mothers’ Pasts and Daughters’ Presents and Futures: A Cross-generational Exploration of Women’s Work and Aspirations in Urban China. In H. Afshar (Ed.), Women and Fluid Identities Strategic and Practical Pathways Selected by Women (9-31). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137265302_2

西方女性研究 [Women's Studies in the West] (2011)
Book
Zhu, Y., Liu, J., & Huang, Y.-C. (Eds.). (2011). 西方女性研究 [Women's Studies in the West]. China Renmin University Press

中国城镇的社会性别变化与劳动整合的案例分析 (2011)
Book Chapter
Liu, J. (2011). 中国城镇的社会性别变化与劳动整合的案例分析. In G. Berik, X. Dong, & G. Summerfield (Eds.), 中国经济转型与女性经济学 (104-126). Economic Science Press

Economic restructuring and changing work/family life: the cases of Japan and China (2011)
Book Chapter
Takeda, H., Liu, J., & Yamashita, J. (2011). Economic restructuring and changing work/family life: the cases of Japan and China. In G.-J. Hwang (Ed.), New Welfare States in East Asia: Global Challenges and Restructuring (125-154). Edward Elgar

Life goes on: redundant women workers in Nanjing (2011)
Book Chapter
Liu, J. (2011). Life goes on: redundant women workers in Nanjing. In B. Carrillo, & J. Duckett (Eds.), China's Changing Welfare Mix: Local Perspectives (82-103). Routledge

女性与工作 (2011)
Book Chapter
Liu, J. (2011). 女性与工作. In Y. Zhu, J. Liu, & Y.-C. Huang (Eds.), 西方女性研究 (110-124). China Renmin University Press

The Stratification of Youth Employment in Contemporary China (2009)
Book Chapter
Liu, J. (2009). The Stratification of Youth Employment in Contemporary China. In A. Furlong (Ed.), Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood: New Perspectives and Agendas (182-187). Routledge

East Asian sexualities : modernity, gender and new sexual cultures (2008)
Book
Jackson, S., Liu, J., & Woo, J. (Eds.). (2008). East Asian sexualities : modernity, gender and new sexual cultures. Zed Books. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350219762

This book paints a vivid picture of women’s active involvement in reshaping intimate and public sexual life in East Asia. In bringing together exciting new feminist research on sexuality from East Asia and making it available to a wider audience, Eas... Read More about East Asian sexualities : modernity, gender and new sexual cultures.

Reflections on Gender, Modernity and East Asian Sexualities (2008)
Book Chapter
Jackson, S., Liu, J., & Woo, J. (2008). Reflections on Gender, Modernity and East Asian Sexualities. In S. Jackson, J. Liu, & J. Woo (Eds.), East Asian Sexualities: Modernity, Gender and New Sexual Cultures (1-30). Zed Books

Sexualized Labour? 'White-collar Beauties' in Provincial China (2008)
Book Chapter
Liu, J. (2008). Sexualized Labour? 'White-collar Beauties' in Provincial China. In S. Jackson, J. Liu, & J. Woo (Eds.), East Asian Sexualities: Modernity, Gender and New Sexual Cultures (85-103). Zed Books

Gender and Work in Urban China: Women Workers of the Unlucky Generation (2007)
Book
Liu, J. (2007). Gender and Work in Urban China: Women Workers of the Unlucky Generation. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203964934

I explored the gendered implications of economic reforms by collecting the life histories of older women workers who had been made redundant during the economic restructuring. I examined their experiences in the danwei (work unit) during the pre-ref... Read More about Gender and Work in Urban China: Women Workers of the Unlucky Generation.

Gender dynamics and redundancy in urban China (2007)
Journal Article
Liu, J. (2007). Gender dynamics and redundancy in urban China. Feminist Economics, 13(3-4), 125-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545700701445322

This paper focuses on employment narratives recounted in life history interviews with women workers in Nanjing, China. Drawing on feminist perspectives on gender and global economic changes, it examines the micro-processes that underpinned China's ec... Read More about Gender dynamics and redundancy in urban China.

Researching Chinese Women's Lives: 'Insider' Research and Life History Interviewing (2006)
Journal Article
Liu, J. (2006). Researching Chinese Women's Lives: 'Insider' Research and Life History Interviewing. Oral History, 34(1), 43-52

Western sociologists and feminist researchers have extensively discussed qualitative research methodology. However, such methods are subject to local adjustments when they are applied in a non-western country. In this article I reflect upon my experi... Read More about Researching Chinese Women's Lives: 'Insider' Research and Life History Interviewing.

Holding Up the Sky? Reflections on Marriage in Contemporary China (2004)
Journal Article
Liu, J. (2004). Holding Up the Sky? Reflections on Marriage in Contemporary China. Feminism and Psychology, 14(1), 195-202. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353504040323