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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810731503321

Autore

Evans Harriet

Titolo

The subject of gender : daughters and mothers in urban China / / Harriet Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008

©2008

ISBN

0-7425-5478-3

1-4616-4572-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Asian Voices

Disciplina

306.874/30951

Soggetti

Women - China

Mothers and daughters - China

Sex role - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Encounters with Mothers and Daughters; 2 Lives Apart; 3 Communicative Bonds; 4 Negotiating Gender Boundaries between ""Inner"" and ""Outer""; 5 Difference and Discrimination; 6 The Gender of the Sexed Body; 7 Reproducing Filiality; 8 The Changing Subject of Gender; Character List; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

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.