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Masculine compromise : migration, family, and gender in China /

"Drawing on the life stories of 266 migrants in South China, Choi and Peng examine the effect of mass rural-to-urban migration on family and gender relationships with a specific focus on changes in men and masculinities. They show how migration has forced migrant men to renegotiate their roles...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Choi, Susanne Y. P. (Autor), Peng, Yinni, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Migration, family, and masculinity in post-socialist China
  • Marginal men and China's grand narratives
  • Striking a balance: courtship, sexuality, and marriage
  • Conjugal power and diverse strategies
  • Housework and respectability
  • Migration, fatherhood, and emotionality
  • Filial piety from afar: migrant sons renegotiating elderly care
  • Masculine compromise: a feminist framework of changing masculinity.