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Informationen zum Autor Harriet Evans is the Sunday Times bestselling author of eight novels, most recently A Place For Us, which have been published in over twenty countries. She lives in London with her family and is working on her ninth novel, The Butterfly Summer. She loves old films, karaoke, jumpsuits, sitcoms and the countryside. You can contact her on Twitter @HarrietEvans Klappentext Author Harriet Evans discusses mother-daughter relationships in urban China, reflecting on how women 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, the mother-daughter relationship is discussed through various themes: separation, communication, domestic/public boundaries, male privilege, the sexed body, reproduction, and filial responsibilities. Zusammenfassung Discusses mother-daughter relationships in urban China. This book reflects on how women 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Encounters with Mothers and DaughtersChapter 2: Lives ApartChapter 3: Communicative BondsChapter 4: Negotiating Gender Boundaries between "Inner" and "Outer"Chapter 5: Difference and DiscriminationChapter 6: The Gender of the Sexed BodyChapter 7: Reproducing FilialityChapter 8: The Changing Subject of Gender
