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ID185615
Title ProperEngendering China–Africa encounters
Other Title InformationChinese family firms, black women workers and the gendered politics of production in South Africa
LanguageENG
AuthorLiang, Xu
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article highlights the centrality of family and gender in Chinese factories in Africa through a case study of Chinese garment production in Newcastle, South Africa. The data used in the article were collected through field research in 2015 and 2016 and several follow-up interviews in 2020 and 2021. The study presents a twofold argument. First, Chinese garment firms in Newcastle can be characterized as “translocal” family firms. Unlike Chinese state enterprises and large transnational companies, these translocal family firms represent a particular kind of private capital that prioritizes a diversified source of income and that is economically embedded but less concessionary to labour pressures. Second, the racial and class encounters between Chinese employers and African women workers are constructed and contested through gender. While Chinese employers attempt to impose racial hierarchy and increase production, Zulu women workers respond to managerial control and demands in creative and gendered ways.
`In' analytical NoteChina Quarterly vol. , No.250; Jun 2022: p.356-375
Journal SourceChina Quarterly No 250
Key WordsChina ;  South Africa ;  Newcastle ;  Chinese Garment Family Firms ;  Zulu Factory Workers


 
 
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