Work and Family in Urban China

Jiping Zuo is Professor of Sociology at St. Cloud State University, USA. Her research interests are in social construction of family roles, marital inequality, and state-family relations in contemporary China. Her recent publications can be found in Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Family Issues, Rural Sociology, Critical Sociology, and Science & Society.

• 1. Equalizing Gender and Class.-2. Social Labor, National Heroines.-3. Women’s Triple Burden.-4. Labor Denigration and Work-to-Family Conflict.-5. Women’s Domestic Orientation.-6. Diverse Roles, a Common Dilemma.-7. Another Marital Equality.-8. Conclusion and Implications