Introduction : anxious parents in global times -- Trans-Pacific flows of ideas and people -- Taiwanese middle class : raising global children -- Taiwanese working class : affirming parental legitimacy -- Immigrant middle class : raising confident children -- Immigrant working class : reframing family dynamics -- Conclusion : in search of security.
Summary
Drawing on a uniquely comparative, multi-sited research model, Pei-Chia Lan examines how four groups of ethnic Chinese parents in Taiwan and the United States negotiate cultural differences and class inequality to raise children in the contexts of globalization and immigration. She finds that despite sharing a similar ethnic cultural background, these parents develop class-specific, context-sensitive strategies of childrearing to maintain their particular version of a middle-class lifestyle in the globalized world.
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