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