The Binding Tie - Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Modern Singapore

Klappentext Focuses on the middle generation! caught between elderly parents who grew up speaking dialect and their own children who speak English and Mandarin. This book examines the many different levels at which the contract operates within Singaporean families. Zusammenfassung Focuses on the middle generation! caught between elderly parents who grew up speaking dialect and their own children who speak English and Mandarin. This book examines the many different levels at which the contract operates within Singaporean families.

Product details

• Authors: Kristina Goransson, Kristina Göransson
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2009
• EAN: 9780824833527
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3352-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory; Southeast Asia: Politics, Mean; Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore