Angel M. Y. Lin|Avin Tong
Mobile Cultures of Migrant Workers in Southern China: Informal Literacies in the Negotiation of (New) Social Relations of the New Working Women
City University of Hong Kong
paper analyze data collected indepth interviews migrant workers southern china mobile cultures particular focus understanding role mobile cultures play female workers negotiation social romantic relations leisure space negotiations directly indirectly facilitated development informal literacies frequent short message service communicative practices help us understand lifestyle aspirations life trajectories new young working women china experiencing rapid socioeconomic changes society negotiating ways life amidst much tension old new values governing lifestyle aspirations familial gender relations