Peiliao: Gender, psychologization, and psychological labor in China

Social Analysis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 41-58

  Yang, Jie ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Counseling; Gender; Peiliao; Psychological labor; Psychologization; Therapeutic ethos; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883496116     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/sa.2013.570203     Document Type: Article

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