Nellie Chu

Journal article positions: asia critique · August 1, 2022 AbstractThis article elaborates on the unmaking of the peasant classes among the tu er dai 土二代 (peasant landlords), with a particular focus on their claims to contested wealth through rent-seeking and other accumulative pra ... Full text Cite

Jiagongchang Household Workshops as Marginal Hubs of Women's Subcontracted Labour in Guangzhou, China

Journal article Modern Asian Studies · May 1, 2019 This article introduces South China's jiagongchang household workshops as marginal hubs of affective and industrial labour, which are produced by migrant women's yearnings for people and places far away. Temporary sites and precarious forms of low-wage pro ... Full text Cite

The paradoxes of creativity in Guangzhou, China’s wholesale market for fast fashion

Journal article Culture, Theory and Critique · April 3, 2018 Full text Cite

The Emergence of “Craft” and Migrant Entrepreneurship along the Global Commodity Chains for Fast Fashion in Southern China

Journal article The Journal of Modern Craft · May 3, 2016 Full text Cite