Bridging Generations in Taiwan - Lifestyle and Identity of Mothers and Daughters

Informationen zum Autor Philip Silverman is emeritus professor of anthropology at California State University, Bakersfield.Shienpei Chang is researcher at the National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research. Klappentext This book examines identity change between two generations of Taiwanese women, one having come of age before Taiwan became an economic powerhouse, the other after. Biographies and lifestyle inventories were obtained from five mother-daughter pairs, and they show how women's lives have undergone revolutionary changes from the older to the younger generation. Zusammenfassung This book examines identity change between two generations of Taiwanese women! one having come of age before Taiwan became an economic powerhouse! the other after. Biographies and lifestyle inventories were obtained from five mother-daughter pairs! and they show how women's lives have undergone revolutionary changes from the older to the younger generation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Chen Family: A Life of Hard WorkChapter 3: Han Family: From Accepting Fate to Shaping ItChapter 4: Lin Family: From Oppression to LiberationChapter 5: Wang Family: Generations ApartChapter 6: Lee Family: Bitter LivesChapter 7: Comparison of Narrative Tropes and Lifestyle ActivitiesChapter 8: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Shienpei Chang, Chang Shienpei, Philip Silverman, Philip Chang Silverman, Silverman Philip
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2015
• EAN: 9781498514101
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1410-1
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Taiwan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: family and relationships