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Record Nr.

UNINA9910407712703321

Autore

Jackson Stevi

Titolo

Women Doing Intimacy : Gender, Family and Modernity in Britain and Hong Kong / / by Stevi Jackson, Petula Sik Ying Ho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

1-137-28991-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life, , 2731-6459

Disciplina

305.420941

Soggetti

Sociology

Social groups

Sex

Culture - Study and teaching

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Gender Studies

Cultural Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a comparative study of the lives of young adult women and their mothers in Hong Kong and Britain. Set against the backdrop of debates regarding the consequences of late modern social change for family and intimate life, the authors consider the challenges of exploring these issues across differing cultures. The book focuses on a range of topics including: mother-daughter relationships; romantic, sexual and marital relationship trajectories; and the imagined futures of daughters. Throughout, it is argued that differences between Hong Kong and Britain are not attributable merely to local culture and tradition, but are the consequence of wider social, economic and political conditions through which cultural continuity and change are mediated. Women Doing Intimacy will be of interest to students and scholars of family life and gender studies.