There have been three types of mainstream discourse relating to public understanding of women＇s employment since the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949. The first was the ＂revolutionary discourse＂ ...There have been three types of mainstream discourse relating to public understanding of women＇s employment since the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949. The first was the ＂revolutionary discourse＂ that dominated the era of the planned economy. During this period, knowledge about women＇s employment was heavily influenced by revolutionary discourse, and women were mobilized to take up positions in virtually all areas of social life. The second occurred in the transition from a planned to a market economy. During this process, knowledge of women＇s employment was constructed by a so-called ＂quality discourse,＂ which depressed women＇s wages in the course of driving them back into the home. The third important mode of discourse took place in the era of marketization, and saw knowledge about women＇s employment constructed by male-centered hegemonic discourse in an organic union between the market economy and the patriarchal system. Meanwhile, female subjectivity in regard to knowledge about women＇s employment is taking shape. At the same time, women＇s sense of autonomy in relation to understanding of employment has started to grow and exhibits self-awareness and use of the discourse of human rights.展开更多
文摘There have been three types of mainstream discourse relating to public understanding of women＇s employment since the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949. The first was the ＂revolutionary discourse＂ that dominated the era of the planned economy. During this period, knowledge about women＇s employment was heavily influenced by revolutionary discourse, and women were mobilized to take up positions in virtually all areas of social life. The second occurred in the transition from a planned to a market economy. During this process, knowledge of women＇s employment was constructed by a so-called ＂quality discourse,＂ which depressed women＇s wages in the course of driving them back into the home. The third important mode of discourse took place in the era of marketization, and saw knowledge about women＇s employment constructed by male-centered hegemonic discourse in an organic union between the market economy and the patriarchal system. Meanwhile, female subjectivity in regard to knowledge about women＇s employment is taking shape. At the same time, women＇s sense of autonomy in relation to understanding of employment has started to grow and exhibits self-awareness and use of the discourse of human rights.
