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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163904903321

Autore

Xu Qiong

Titolo

Fatherhood, Adolescence and Gender in Chinese Families / / by Qiong Xu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-46178-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

Disciplina

306.850951

Soggetti

Social groups

Family

Childhood

Adolescence

Ethnicity

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Childhood, Adolescence and Society

Ethnicity Studies

China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Mapping the Chinese contexts: cultural influences and social changes -- 2. Only child, only hope: living in a Chinese family -- 3. Orienting frameworks and concepts -- 4. Being a modern teenage girl and relationships with parents -- 5. Father’s role in the contemporary Chinese family -- 6. A journey through time: Precious time and family practice -- 7. Negotiation in the family: parental authority and adolescents’ autonomy -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Little is known about the roles of fathers in non-western cultures. Given the changing socio-economic and political circumstances of China, Xu identifies the importance of investigating Chinese fathers, particularly in dual-earner families, as women’s participation in the labour market increases. This study of father-daughter relationships examines their perspectives on their relationships and identities. The book seeks to understand how girls construct their feminine identities



as teenage girls and how fathers understand their masculine identities outside the workplace. It further explores their family practices and how they negotiate parental authority and adolescent independence. Inviting us to think about Chinese people’s attitudes, family practice, emotions and aspirations, which constitute a crucial complement to our understanding of the remaking of Chinese society and Chinese lives, Fatherhood, Adolescence and Gender in Chinese Families focuses on how the widespread social and economic reforms interact with traditional attitudes rooted in Confucianism to provide new contexts for parent-child and gender relationships.