The Subject of Gender
Subtitle: Daughters and Mothers in Urban China (Asian Voices)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; Rowman & Littlefield
Published: October 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780742554788
Subjects: Women's studies; Sociology Of Women; Urban Sociology; Social Science; Gender Studies; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Sociology - Urban; China; Mothers and daughters; Sex role; Women
Description: "Women in urban China have lived through decades of political turbulence, extensive socio-economic change, and the transformation of gender practices, expectations, and relationships. Among these is the mother-daughter relationship, one that has profound influence on women's gendered subjectivity but one that has been overlooked in research on gender and family in China. In The Subject of Gender, Harriet Evans reflects on how women in urban China 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, this book discusses the mother-daughter relationship through various themes: separation, communication, domestic/public boundaries, male privilege, the sexed body, reproduction, and filial responsibilities. This work draws on feminist and critical theory and on anthropological and historical research to analyze the changing articulations of gender subjectivity that emerge from the links between discursive shifts, generational differences, and individual experiences of the mother-daughter relationship."--BOOK JACKET.