Chinese Families in the Post-Mao Era

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Sommario

Introduction: The Impact of Post-Mao Reforms on Family Life, Deborah Davis and Stevan Harrell
Urban Families in the Eighties: An Analysis of Chinese Surveys, Jonathan Unger
Urban Households: Supplicants to a Socialist State, Deborah Davis
Geography, Demography, and Family Composition in Three Southwestern Villages, Stevan Harrell
Family Strategies and EconomicTransformation in Rural China: Some Evidence from the Pearl River Delta, Graham E. Johnson
Family Strategies and Structures in Rural North China, Mark Selden
Reconstituting Dowry and Brideprice in South China, Helen F. Siu
Wedding Behavior and Family Strategies in Chengdu, Martin King Whyte
The Peasantization of the One-Child Policy in Shaanxi, Susan Greenhalgh
Cultural Support for Birth Limitation among Urban Capital-owning Women, Hill Gates
Strategies Used by Chinese Families Coping with Schizophrenia, Michael R. Phillips
Settling Accounts: The Intergenerational Contract in an Age of Reform, Charlotte Ikels

Info autore

Deborah Davis is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Yale University. Stevan Harrell is Professor of Anthropology and director of the Arts and Sciences Honors Program at the University of Washington.

Riassunto

This collection of essays concerns both urban and rural Chinese communities, ranging from professional to working-class families. The contributors attempt to determine whether and to what extent the policy shifts that followed Mao Zedong's death affected Chinese families.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Deborah Harrell Davis, Davis/Harrell, Joint Committee on Chinese Studies (U S
• Con la collaborazione di: Deborah Davis (Editore), Deborah S. Davis (Editore), Stevan Harrell (Editore), Harrell Stevan (Editore)
• Editore: University Of California Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.10.1993
• EAN: 9780520082229
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08222-9
• Pagine: 400
• Serie: Studies on China; Studies on China
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships