Raising global families : parenting, immigration, and class in Taiwan and the US /

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Drawing on a uniquely comparative, multi-sited research model, Pei-Chia Lan examines how four groups of ethnic Chinese parents in Taiwan and the United States negotiate cultural differences and class inequality to raise children in the contexts of globalization and immigration. She finds that despit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lan, Pei-Chia, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Child rearing > Taiwan.
Child rearing > United States.
Families > Taiwan.
Immigrant families > United States.
Taiwanese Americans > Family relationships.
Chinese Americans > Family relationships.
Social classes > Taiwan.
Social classes > United States.
Éducation des enfants > Taiwan.
Éducation des enfants > États-Unis.
Familles > Taiwan.
Familles immigrantes > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine taiwanaise > Relations familiales.
Américains d'origine chinoise > Relations familiales.
Classes sociales > Taiwan.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Child rearing
Chinese Americans > Family relationships
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Families
Immigrant families
Social classes
Taiwan > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
Taiwan
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : anxious parents in global times
  • Trans-Pacific flows of ideas and people
  • Taiwanese middle class : raising global children
  • Taiwanese working class : affirming parental legitimacy
  • Immigrant middle class : raising confident children
  • Immigrant working class : reframing family dynamics
  • Conclusion : in search of security.

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