03440nam 2200589 a 450 991074117450332120200520144314.03-319-00236-810.1007/978-3-319-00236-1(CKB)2670000000389044(EBL)1317638(SSID)ssj0000935596(PQKBManifestationID)11522713(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000935596(PQKBWorkID)10955802(PQKB)11569091(DE-He213)978-3-319-00236-1(MiAaPQ)EBC1317638(PPN)170489477(EXLCZ)99267000000038904420130506d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe demographic masculinization of China hoping for a son /Isabelle Attane ; translation, Madeleine Grieve, Krystyna Horko ; copy editing, Catriona Dutreuilh1st ed. 2013.New York Springer20131 online resource (210 p.)INED population studies,2214-2452 ;1Description based upon print version of record.3-319-03362-X 3-319-00235-X Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Visible demographic discrimination -- pt. II. A system of norms and values that favours males.This book describes the shortage of girls and women in present day China and focuses on two important features: the sex imbalance in childhood and youth, and the excess mortality of women at various stages of their life. The author analyzes the causes and the processes of a strong preference for sons, which generates discrimination toward females and results in a shortage of girls and women.   China’s higher proportion of men than women is a population characteristic that is shared by very few countries in the world. This demographic masculinity is unprecedented in the documented history of human populations, both in scale and its lasting impact on the numbers and the structure of the population.   Despite the economic boom of recent years, many families in China still consider girls to be less important than boys. Although Chinese women have become largely emancipated since the 1950s, they still do not have the same opportunities for social achievement as men, and Chinese society remains fundamentally rooted in highly gendered social and family roles. As a consequence, Chinese girl babies who have the misfortune to be born instead of a long-awaited son go by various names, such as Pandi (literally "awaiting a son"), Laidi ("a son will follow"), or Yehao ("she'll do too").   The book provides a comprehensive review of the situation of women in China’s society and shows that discrimination against girls and women is part of a system of norms and values that traditionally favours males.INED Population Studies,2214-2452 ;1MasculinityChinaMasculinity305.30951Attane Isabelle0Grieve Madeleine1755643Horko Krystyna1755644Dutreuilh Catriona1755645MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910741174503321The demographic masculinization of China4192519UNINA