LEADER 04596nam 22006015 450 001 9910483862303321 005 20240724100316.0 010 $a9789811611391 010 $a9811611394 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-16-1139-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000011902535 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6568302 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6568302 035 $a(OCoLC)1249474349 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-16-1139-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011902535 100 $a20210425d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEmbodying Middle Class Gender Aspirations $ePerspectives from China's Privileged Young Women /$fby Kailing Xie 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (316 pages) 225 1 $aGender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia,$x2662-7892 311 08$a9789811611384 311 08$a9811611386 327 $aChapter 1. Researching China's Lucky Generation: The Post 80s -- Chapter 2. Women, Family and the Nation in Contemporary China -- Chapter 3. Premarital abortion, what is the harm? The Responsibilisation of women's pregnancy among China's 'privileged' daughters -- Chapter 4. The Right Time for Childbirth: The Naturalisation of Motherhood within Marriage -- Chapter 5. The Gendered Construction of Exemplary Middle-Class Identity: The Hegemony of Chenggong (success) -- Chapter 6. Reality Bites: Gendered Experiences of Marriage and Work -- Chapter 7. Concluding Discussion: Living with Contradictions. 330 $a"Xie's book is a must read for anyone who still imagines that improved education and wealth lead inexorably to liberal values of gender equality. It adds our understanding of how engagement with global capitalism can both promote the fulfilment of individual middle-class aspirations while reinforcing conservative family and gender values. " - Harriet Evans, Professor Emerita, Chinese Cultural Studies, University of Westminster, UK "Xie's incisive scholarly analysis of the pressures faced by her generation is necessary reading for anyone interested in the far-reaching consequences of the one-child policy, one of the most radical social experiments in modern history." - Mei Fong, the Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author of One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment This book takes a feminist approach to analyse the lives of well-educatedurban Chinese women, who were raised to embody the ideals of a modern Chinese nation and are largely the beneficiaries of the policy changes of the post-Mao era. It explores young women's gendered attitudes to and experiences of marriage, reproductive choices, careers and aspirations for a good life. It sheds light on what keeps mainstream Chinese middle-class women conforming to the current gender regime. It illuminates the contradictory effects of neoliberal techniques deployed by a familial authoritarian regime on these women's striving for success in urban China, and argues that, paradoxically, women's individualistic determination to succeed has often led them onto the path of conformity by pursuing exemplary norms which fit into the party-state's agenda. Kailing Xie (PhD) is a Teaching Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK. She gained her doctorate at the Centre for Women's Studies, University of York. Shewas awarded the 2017 Early Career Researcher Prize by the British Association for Chinese Studies for her article 'Premarital Abortion, What is the Harm? The Responsibilisation of Women's Pregnancy among China's "Privileged" Daughters'. Her broader research interests include gender, identity, and nationalism against the backdrop of China's rise on the global stage. . 410 0$aGender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia,$x2662-7892 606 $aIdentity politics 606 $aChina$xHistory 606 $aSex 606 $aPolitics and Gender 606 $aHistory of China 606 $aGender Studies 615 0$aIdentity politics. 615 0$aChina$xHistory. 615 0$aSex. 615 14$aPolitics and Gender. 615 24$aHistory of China. 615 24$aGender Studies. 676 $a305.420951 700 $aXie$b Kailing$0849348 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483862303321 996 $aEmbodying Middle Class Gender Aspirations$91896849 997 $aUNINA