Böcker av Emily Honig

Describes the daily lives, occupations and history of the Subei people, immigrants from the Jiangsu Province, who have become the most despised people in China's largest city, Shanghai. Honig uses archival research and interviews conducted in Shanghai.

This text is based on extensive personal viewing of urban Chinese women and study of contemporary literature and articles in the periodical press that touched on the problems of rural women. Each chapter is devoted to one aspect of women's lives including: girlhood, sexuality, marriage, and work.

In Shanghai, China's largest industrial centre prior to 1949, cotton was king and the majority of mill workers were women. This book presents detailed information on all aspects of the life of this group of urban workers.