China''s Grandmothers - Gender, Family, and Ageing From Late Qing to Twenty-First Century

Informationen zum Autor Diana Lary is Professor Emerita of Modern Chinese History at University of British Columbia. Klappentext "China's Grandmothers looks at the lives of women who once dominated Chinese families, and contiue to exercise major influence. It covers periods of tumultuous change from the late 19th Century to the present. Grandmothers cared for their grandchildren, managed the family economy and transmitted popular culture. They have their grandchildren boundless love and emotional security. In traditioanl China the lives of women were lived on an upward trajectory: temporary members of their natal families; married in their teens; young mothers under the thumb of their mothers-in-law. Becoming grandmothers made them powerful in their families. The trajectory has flattened, but grandmothers still play major roles in their families. Many care full-time for their grandchildren, notably the seventy million left-behind children of labour migrants. Without this low-cost care China's economic boom, which depends in part on low wages, would not have been possible. The book is illustrated with pictres and photographs, and with Chinese proverbs and sayings"-- Zusammenfassung China's Grandmothers explores the status and lives of grandmothers in China from the late Qing to the present. Using a wide range of historical and biographical materials, Diana Lary offers a fresh way of thinking about gender, family and aging in modern Chinese social history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Introduction; 1. Precious treasures; 2. Archetypes; 3. Baby seekers; 4. Child carers'; 5. Ruling the roost; 6. Old age; 7. Grandfathers; 8. Transmitters of culture; 9. Absent parents; 10. Left behind children; 11. Pleasures of old age; 12. Leaving this life; 13. The future of old age; 14. Personal notes; Afterword.

Product details

• Authors: Diana Lary, Diana (University of British Columbia Lary, Lary Diana
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781009073622
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907362-2
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Women, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls