Masculine Compromise - Migration, Family, and Gender in China

"Masculine Compromise is extremely well written, the personal stories are compelling, and the core analytic concepts do not require readers to be familiar with sociological debates. By virtue of the scope and depth of its empirical detail, Masculine Compromise will be an important book. Moreover, because the authors have such a fine grasp of analytic discussions beyond China, the book will have major impact even on North American–focused scholarship, which dominates this field."—Deborah Davis, Professor of Sociology, Yale University and coeditor of Wives, Husbands, and Lovers: Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Urban China

"Masculine Compromise shines a much-needed spotlight on migrant men and with sensitive fieldwork and brilliant analysis illuminates the power of migration to transform what seemed like intransigent patterns of parenthood, intimacy, conjugal power, and filial obligations. This book is a must-read."—Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, author of Paradise Transplanted: Migration and the Making of California Gardens (UC Press)

List of contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Migration, Family, and Masculinity in Postsocialist China
2. Marginal Men and China’s Grand Narratives
3. Striking a Balance: Courtship, Sexuality, and Marriage
4. Conjugal Power and Diverse Strategies
5. Housework and Respectability
6. Migration, Fatherhood, and Emotionality
7. Filial Piety from Afar: Migrant Sons Renegotiating Elderly Care
8. Masculine Compromise: A Feminist Framework of Changing Masculinity

Bibliography
Index

About the author

Susanne Y. P. Choi is Professor of Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Yinni Peng is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Hong Kong Baptist University.

Summary

Drawing on the life stories of 266 migrants in South China, the authors examine the effect of mass rural-to-urban migration on family and gender relationships, with a specific focus on changes in men and masculinities. They show how migration has forced migrant men to renegotiate their roles as lovers, husbands, fathers, and sons.

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"Masculine Compromise makes a prominent contribution to the existing literature of men and rural–urban migration in China, with a primary focus on the migrant men’s family lives and personal relationships. . . . The book captures the power of patriarchy and the notion of masculine ideals through unfolding the patrilineal and patrilocal practices in the migrant men’s everyday lives."

Product details

Authors	Susanne Y. P. Choi, Susanne Yuk-Ping Choi, Susanne Yuk-Ping Peng Choi, Yinni Peng, Peng Yinni, Susanne Yuk-Ping Choi, Susanne Peng Yuk-Ping Choi
Publisher	University Of California Press
Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	09.02.2016
EAN	9780520288287
ISBN	978-0-520-28828-7
No. of pages	200
Subjects	Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men

Product details

• Authors: Susanne Y. P. Choi, Susanne Yuk-Ping Choi, Susanne Yuk-Ping Peng Choi, Yinni Peng, Peng Yinni, Susanne Yuk-Ping Choi, Susanne Peng Yuk-Ping Choi
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.2016
• EAN: 9780520288287
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28828-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men