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Biography
Tamara's main research interests are in gender relations and social change in contemporary China. Her publication Rural Women in Urban China: Gender, Migration, and Social Change (ME Sharpe, Armonk, New York and London, 2006) won the American Anthropological Association's Francis Hsu prize for best book in East Asian anthropology in 2007. She supervises PhD students on topics relating to Chinese society, gender relations, rural-urban migration and rural development.
Career highlights
Chair, Chinese Studies Programme, Murdoch University (1994, 1996, 1998-2000); Convenor of Graduate Studies in Gender, Sexuality and Culture at ANU, 2004-2005; Francis Hsu prize for best book in East Asian anthropology, 2007.
Research interests
Gender relations and social change in contemporary China; women in rural-urban migration; the Chinese women's movement; approaches to gender and development; and gender and family relations.
Expertise Areas
- Anthropology of Development
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Gender Specific Studies
- Studies of Asian Society
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Projects
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Women's Political Participation, Representation and Well-Being: Learning From China's Villages
Sargeson, S. & Jacka, T.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
17/01/12 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
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Gender, family conflict, and suicide in rural China
Jacka, T. & Phillips, M.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/08 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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Changing Approaches to Gender and Development in Rural China
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/06 → 31/12/11
Project: Research
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Improving Women's Substantive Representation in Community Government: Evidence from Chinese Villages
Sargeson, S. & Jacka, T., 2018, In: Development and Change. 49, 5, p. 1166-1194ppResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Translocal family reproduction and agrarian change in China: a new analytical framework
Jacka, T., 2018, In: The Journal of Peasant Studies. 45, 7, p. 1341-1359ppResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article
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[BOOK REVIEW] The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China's Collective Past, by GailHershatter
Jacka, T., 2017, In: Journal of Agrarian Change. 17, 3, p. 652-653ppResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Book Review - Revisiting Gender Inequality: Perspectives from the People's Republic of China
Jacka, T., 2016, In: The China Quarterly. 227, p. 845-847ppResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Village Self-Government and Representation in Southwest China
Jacka, T. & Chengrui, W., 2016, In: Journal of Contemporary Asia. 46, 1, p. 71-94Research output: Contribution to journal › Article