LEADER 03893nam 2200457 450 001 9910639897003321 005 20230423091509.0 010 $a9783031172502$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031172496 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7165788 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7165788 035 $a(CKB)25913874800041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925913874800041 100 $a20230423d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGender and family practices $eliving apart together relationships in China /$fShuang Qiu 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2022] 210 4$d©2022 215 $a1 online resource (191 pages) 225 1 $aGenders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences Series 311 08$aPrint version: Qiu, Shuang Gender and Family Practices Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031172496 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Understanding 'Living Apart Together' (LAT) Relationships -- Introduction -- What Is an LAT Relationship and Why Does It Matter? -- Who Lives Apart from Their Partner and Why? -- Is LAT a New Family Form or a Temporary Stage? -- Researching People in LATs in China -- Approaching LAT People -- Reflexivity, Power Dynamics and Positionality -- Getting Familiar with the Data and Data Analysis -- Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Detraditionalisation and Retraditionalisation of Family Lives: Gender, Marriage and Intimacy -- Introduction -- The Grand Theories: Modernity, Gender and Transformations of Intimacy in the West -- Contextualising Social Change in China -- Gender Relations and Family Life in China -- Women, Love and Family -- Changing Marital Practices -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Reconsidered Agency: Why Do People Live Apart? -- Introduction -- Conceptualising Agency and Relationality -- Structural Constraints -- Labour Mobility: Out-Migration of Men and Left-Behind Women -- External Authoritative Forces -- Negotiated Agency: Family Values and Hegemonic Ideas About Marriage -- Relational Bonds with Family Members -- Friendship -- Relational Individualism: Reflexivity and Life Stages -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Doing Family at a Distance: How Different Are LAT Relationships to 'Conventional' Partnerships? -- Introduction -- The Stories of Six Study Mothers -- Continuity in Family Practices -- Reciprocal Family Practices: 'I Hope My Children Can Do Things That I Might Not Have the Chance to Do' -- Gendered Family Practices: 'I'd Like to More or Less Make It Up to Him' -- Everyday Family Practices and Identity Construction -- Everyday Practices of Doing Gender: 'His Three Meals a Day Had Me Trapped'. 327 $aNegotiating Gender Roles and Identity Construction -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Doing Intimacy While Being Apart: Practices of Mobile Intimacy, Emotion and Filial Piety -- Introduction -- Doing Intimacy in a Mediated Digital Age -- Practices of Mobile Intimacy -- Potential Risks -- Emotional Intimacy -- Embodied Practices of Intimacy -- Practices of Gift-Giving -- Practices of Filial Piety -- Parent-Child Intimacy -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- References -- Appendices -- Index. 410 0$aGenders and sexualities in the social sciences. 606 $aFamilies$zChina 606 $aCouples 615 0$aFamilies 615 0$aCouples. 676 $a306.850951 700 $aQiu$b Shuang$01274981 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910639897003321 996 $aGender and Family Practices$93003968 997 $aUNINA