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Embracing city life: physical activities and the social integration of the new generation of female migrant workers in urban China
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posted on 2020-08-05, 08:54 authored by Huan Xiong, Alan BairnerAlan Bairner, Zhi TangDrawing on empirical data from interviews with young Chinese female rural-urban migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta of China’s Guangdong province, this article explores the ways in which physical activities help to fulfil the ‘urban dream’ of this new generation of female migrant workers and promote their social integration. The article demonstrates that physical activities exert their influence and facilitate the young female migrant workers’ social integration into cities through four dimensions: ‘space’, ‘network’, ‘identity’ and ‘image’. Participating in sport and exercise expands the scale of workers’ living spaces and contributes to building social networks and selfidentification. It also enhances female migrant workers’ individualistic values, as opposed to family-oriented ones. These new values allow them to enjoy recreational life and to change the stereotypical image of rural-urban migrant workers.
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- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Leisure StudiesVolume
39Issue
6Pages
782 - 796Publisher
Taylor and FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Leisure Studies on 3 August 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02614367.2020.1800802.Acceptance date
2020-07-19Publication date
2020-08-03Copyright date
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0261-4367eISSN
1466-4496Publisher version
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- en
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Prof Alan Bairner. Deposit date: 4 August 2020Usage metrics
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