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Subject of Gender - Daughters and Mothers in Urban China

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor By Harriet Evans 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

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Harriet Evans is professor of Chinese cultural studies at the University of Westminster.

Product details

Authors Harriet Evans
Publisher Rowman and Littlefield
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 28.11.2007
 
EAN 9780742554788
ISBN 978-0-7425-5478-8
No. of pages 248
Dimensions 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
Series Asian Voices (Paperback)
Asian Voices
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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