Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index.
Global markets, local bodies : the labor of service -- "The customer is God": women and China's new occupational geography -- Virtual personalism : importing global luxury and middle class femininity to the Beijing Transluxury Hotel -- Virtuous professionalism : localizing global luxury at the Kunming Transluxury Hotel -- Aspirational urbanism : consuming respect in China's informal consumer service sector -- Embodying consumer markets at work.
Women service industries workers--China. Women--Employment--China. Women--Social conditions.--China Sex role in the work environment--China. Equality--China.