Bøger af Lisa Rofel

This collaborative ethnography of Italian-Chinese fashion ventures offers a new methodology for understanding transnational capitalism in a global era.

Argues that the creation of such "desiring subjects" is at the core of China's contingent, piece-by-piece reconfiguration of its relationship to a post-socialist, neo-liberal-dominated world.

This collection of essays on women in China captures a pivotal moment in a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogue, examining gender issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Topics covered include learned women in the 18th century, sexuality, women's consciousness, and literature.

An analysis of three generations of women in a Chinese silk factory, this study is a critique of the meaning of modernity in a postmodern age. The text compares the lives of three generations of women workers.