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Strangers among Us: Ten Questions from a Sociologist
A candid investigation of migrant workers in China today
Completed · 19 episodes
Buy for ¥9.90 （Original price ¥28.00）
Audio in Chinese
Yan Fei: Overlooked Migrant Workers, Strangers in the City of Dreams 1. Left-Behind Children: I Just Want a School Close to My Parents | Junjun, Son of Migrant Window Fitters, Part I 2. Class Reproduction: Can the Next Generation Escape Their Parents' Trade? | Junjun, Part II Uncut Interview: Junjun's Story 3. Weapons of the Weak: Can a Worker Who Writes Poetry Speak for Himself? | Awei, Security Guard Uncut Interview: Awei's Story 4. Boundaries of Identity: What Must I Possess to Count as a Beijinger? | Foreman Wang, Part I 5. Away from Land and Home: No Longer at Ease in Any Season | Foreman Wang, Part II Uncut Interview: Foreman Wang's Story 6. Social Adaptation: Selling Vegetables, Like Trading Stocks, Requires Forecasting | Hongqin, Part I 7. Fixed Gender Roles: A Good Wife, Mother, and Daughter-in-Law Who Already Holds Up the Sky | Hongqin, Part II 8. Emotional Labor: Always Playing Someone Who Smiles, Is Gentle, and Is Considerate | Xiaoping, Domestic Worker 9. The Outsourcing of Home: Earning in Beijing, Raising Children in Hengshui | Gao Qi, Real-Estate Agent 10. Autonomy at Work: “I Learned the Whole System” | Xiao Fu, Plumber and Electrician, Part I 11. Health Inequality: Could Stopping Work Have Saved His Wife? | Xiao Fu, Part II Xiang Biao × Yan Fei: Why Are We Suddenly Interested in “Specific People”? Epilogue: This Sea, Too, Should Have Waves New Book | Yan Fei × Xiang Biao: Without a Sense of the Nearby, You Will Miss These Problems 2025 Bonus | What Makes a Home? A City without Hope and a Hometown Where You No Longer Belong