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Making Class and Gender: White-collar Men in Postsocialist China

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Making Class and Gender: White-collar Men in Postsocialist China. / Hird, Derek.
Changing Chinese Masculinities: From Imperial Pillars of State to Global Real Men. ed. / Kam Louie. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2016. p. 137-156 (Transnational Asian Masculinities).

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Harvard

Hird, D 2016, Making Class and Gender: White-collar Men in Postsocialist China. in K Louie (ed.), Changing Chinese Masculinities: From Imperial Pillars of State to Global Real Men. Transnational Asian Masculinities, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp. 137-156.

APA

Hird, D. (2016). Making Class and Gender: White-collar Men in Postsocialist China. In K. Louie (Ed.), Changing Chinese Masculinities: From Imperial Pillars of State to Global Real Men (pp. 137-156). (Transnational Asian Masculinities). Hong Kong University Press.

Vancouver

Hird D. Making Class and Gender: White-collar Men in Postsocialist China. In Louie K, editor, Changing Chinese Masculinities: From Imperial Pillars of State to Global Real Men. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 2016. p. 137-156. (Transnational Asian Masculinities).

Author

Hird, Derek. / Making Class and Gender : White-collar Men in Postsocialist China. Changing Chinese Masculinities: From Imperial Pillars of State to Global Real Men. editor / Kam Louie. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2016. pp. 137-156 (Transnational Asian Masculinities).

Bibtex

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