The Subject of Gender Daughters and Mothers in Urban China

by Evans, Harriet

• ISBN13: 9780742554771
• ISBN10: 0742554775
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-14
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Encounters with Mothers and Daughters	p. 1
Lives Apart	p. 41
Communicative Bonds	p. 69
Negotiating Gender Boundaries between "Inner" and "Outer"	p. 101
Difference and Discrimination	p. 125
The Gender of the Sexed Body	p. 145
Reproducing Filiality	p. 169
The Changing Subject of Gender	p. 199
Character List	p. 205
Bibliography	p. 211
Index	p. 225
About the Author	p. 235
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