Service encounters : class, gender, and the market for social distinction in urban China - Hanser, Amy. (Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2008)
Introduction -- Revolution and reform : the business of retail in modern China -- Service work with socialist characteristics -- Distinction work and the gendered production of class -- The underground and counter strategies of distinction -- Post-socialist distinction work -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221 and index.
Keywords: Social classes -- China; Social stratification -- China; Sex role -- China; Markets -- China; China -- Social conditions -- 2000-; China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-