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1 online resource (ix, 301 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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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: Daughters-in-law openly berate their fathers-in-law. Companies sell filial-piety insurance. Many couples live together before marriage, and in some parts of rural China, almost all brides are pregnant. 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. The contributors bring the concept of patriarchy back to the heart of China studies while rethinking its significance in dominant Western-centric theories of modernity. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Dutiful help: masking rural women's economic contributions / Melissa J. Brown -- From care providers to financial burdens: the changing role of sons and reproductive choice in rural northeast China / Lihong Shi -- Higher education, gender, and elder support in rural northwest China / Helena Obendiek -- Multiple mothering and labor migration in rural south China / Gonçalo Santos -- Urbanization and the transformation of kinship practice in Shandong / Andrew B. Kipnis -- Being the right woman for "Mr. Right": marriage and household politics in present-day Nanjing / Roberta Zavoretti -- Emergent conjugal love, mutual affection, and female marital power / William Jankowiak and Xuan Li -- Under pressure: lesbian-gay contract marriages and their patriarchal bargains / Elisabeth L. Engebretsen -- Patriarchal investments: expectations of male authority and support in a poor Beijing neighborhood / Harriet Evans -- Taking patriarchy out of postpartum recovery? / Suzanne Gottschang -- Assisted reproductive technologies, sperm donation, and biological kinship: a recent Chinese media debate -- Recalibrating filial piety: realigning the state, family, and market interests in China / Hong Zhang. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Families -- China -- History -- 21st century.
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Families. |
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China. |
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History. |
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21st century |
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Patriarchy -- China.
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Patriarchy. |
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Kinship -- China.
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Kinship. |
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China -- Social conditions -- 2000-
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Social conditions. |
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2000- |
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Since 2000 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Santos, Gonçalo D., editor.
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Harrell, Stevan, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Transforming patriarchy. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017] 0295999829 9780295999821 (OCoLC)946461799 |
| ISBN |
9780295998985 (electronic book) |
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0295998989 (electronic book) |
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9780295998978 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0295998970 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780295999821 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0295999829 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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