Service Encounters : Class, Gender, and the Market for Social Distinction in Urban China

1. Introduction, 1 2. Revolution and Reform: The Business of Retail in Modern China, 25 3. Service Work with Socialist Characteristics, 54 4. Distinction Work and the Gendered Production of Class, 86 5. The Underground and the Counter Strategies of Distinction, 120 6. Post-Socialist Distinction Work, 154 7. Conclusion, 186 Works Cited, 203 Index, 223