Title:
Transforming patriarchy : Chinese families in the twenty-first century / edited by Gonçalo Santos and Stevan Harrell.
Author:
Santos, Gonçalo D., editor.
Harrell, Stevan, editor.
Publication Information:
Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]
Call Number:
HQ684 .T745 2017
Abstract:
"Each successive wave of revolution to hit modern China--political, cultural, and economic--has radically reshaped Chinese society. Whereas patriarchy defined the familial social structure for thousands of years, changing realities in the last hundred years have altered and even reversed long-held expectations. Transforming Patriarchy explores the private and public dimensions of these changes in present-day China. Patriarchy is not dead, but it is no longer the default arrangement for Chinese families ... Drawing on a multitude of sources and perspectives, this volume turns to the intimate territory of the family to challenge prevailing scholarly assumptions about gender and generational hierarchies in Chinese society. Case studies examine factors such as social class, geography, and globalization as they relate to patriarchal practice and resistance to it."--Provided by publisher.
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ISBN:
9780295998978
9780295999821
Physical Description:
ix, 301 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
Dutiful help : masking rural women's economic contributions / From care providers to financial burdens : the changing role of sons and reproductive choice in rural Northeast China / Higher education, gender, and elder support in rural Northwest China / Multiple mothering and labor migration in rural South China / Urbanization and the transformation of kinship practice in Shandong / Being the right woman for "Mr. Right" : marriage and household politics in present-day Nanjing / Emergent conjugal love, mutual affection, and female marital power / Under pressure : lesbian-gay contract marriages and their patriarchal bargains / Patriarchal investments : expectations of male authority and support in a poor Beijing neighborhood / Taking patriarchy out of postpartum recovery? Assisted reproductive technologies, sperm donation, and biological kinship : a recent Chinese media debate / Kerstin Klein ; Recalibrating filial piety : realigning the state, family, and market interests in China
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