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Gender, Place & Culture
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Bargaining with patriarchy: returned dagongmei's (factory girls') gendered spaces in neoliberalizing China's hinterland

Pages 1673-1694 | Received 24 Feb 2019, Accepted 19 Aug 2020, Published online: 01 Oct 2020

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