Abstract：Based on study of Li Village in Hebei Province, this paper analyzes the situation of rural women involved in "living room factory", a special industrial form emerging in the context of rural industrialization. Influenced by the burden of family care and commodified living costs, rural women are forced to participate in the production of "living room factory". "Living room factory" lies at the bottom of the supply chain, providing rural women very limited benefits. Mainstream discourse and narratives which use "factory without walls" phrase and other expressions of "living room factory" to emphasize positive effects on driving forward rural development and improving rural women' welfare need to be questioned. The real logic is rural industrialization that integrates rural young and middle-aged men into migrant work outside of local areas, and mobilizes rural women who are left behind in the village to also engage in profit-making activities. The main beneficiary is the capital, not the peasants. This paper argues that in the process of rural industrialization, it's necessary to give more consideration to rural women and untie their shackles.
任守云. 乡村工业化背景下的客厅工厂与农村妇女——基于对河北省李村的研究[J]. 妇女研究论丛, 2013, 0(3): 96-105.
REN Shou-yun. Living Room Factory and Rural Women in the Context of Rural Industrialization——Based on Study of Li Village in Hebei Province. , 2013, 0(3): 96-105.
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