The subject of gender : daughters and mothers in urban China / Harriet Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Harriet.

Series:

Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)

Asian voices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--China.

Women.

Sex role.

Mothers and daughters.

China.

Mothers and daughters--China.

Sex role--China.

Physical Description:

xi, 235 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2008]

Summary:

Women in urban China have lived through decades of political turbulence, extensive socio-economic change, and the transformation of gender practices, expectations, and relationships. Among these is the mother-daughter relationship, one that has profound influence on women's gendered subjectivity but one that has been overlooked in research on gender and family in China. In The Subject of Gender, Harriet Evans reflects on how women in urban China make sense of the shifts in practices and representations of gender that frame their lives and how their self-identification as mothers and daughters contributes to the redefinition of those practices. Based on the memories and experiences of educated and professional women of different ages, this book discusses the mother-daughter relationship through various themes: separation, communication, domestic/public boundaries, male privilege, the sexed body, reproduction, and filial responsibilities. This fascinating work draws on feminist and critical theory and on anthropological and historical research to analyze the changing articulations of gender subjectivity that emerge from the links between discursive shifts, generational difference, and individual experiences of the mother-daughter relationship.

Contents:

Encounters with mothers and daughters

Lives apart

Communicative bonds

Negotiating gender boundaries between "inner" and "outer"

Difference and discrimination

The gender of the sexed body

Reproducing filiality

The changing subject of gender.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.

ISBN:

9780742554771

0742554775

9780742554788

0742554783

OCLC:

123955107