Transforming Patriarchy Chinese Families in the Twenty-First Century / edited by Gonçalo Santos and Stevan Harrell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrell, Stevan, editor.

Santos, Gonçalo D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Patriarchy.

Kinship.

Families.

Kinship--China.

Patriarchy--China.

Families--China--History--21st century.

China.

China--Social conditions--2000-.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Introduction / Steven Harrell and Gonç̦alo Santos.

Part 1. Rural reconfigurations. 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 / Gonç̦alo Santos

Part 2. Class, gender, and patriarchy in urban society. 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

Part 3. New technologies, new institutions. Taking patriarchy out of postpartum recovery? Suzanne Gottschang ; 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 / Hong Zhang

Glossary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295998985

0295998989

OCLC:

960210007