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  • Self-made women of China : experiences in small-scale entrepreneurship

    Creator:
    Searles, Mackenzie L.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study is to examine the lived experiences of women small-scale entrepreneurs in Qingdao, China by placing their collective experiences within relevant social and economic frameworks. This study, conducted in 2011 over a six-month period, applies an ethnographic approach based in modified grounded theory to bring together...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , Carrefour, and others (Chew 2008, Shi 2005, Wong 2010). These businesses—self-employed enterprises and

  • Thinness in Asia : eating disorders in Singapore as seen through anthropological eyes

    Creator:
    Isono, Maho
    Abstract:
    There has been a growing interest in eating disorders among Singaporean medical professionals since the 1990s, and the Singaporean public is also starting to become aware of the risks of these conditions. This ethnographic research on eating disorders in Singapore, conducted in 2001, however, found that the majority of the...
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    Masters Thesis