Choosing daughters : family change in rural China /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shi, Lihong, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Rural families > China.
Sex of children, Parental preferences for > China.
Daughters > China > Social conditions.
Family size > China.
Social change > China.
Familles rurales > Chine.
Sexe des enfants > Préférences parentales > Chine.
Filles > Chine > Conditions sociales.
Familles > Dimension > Chine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Daughters > Social conditions.
Family size.
Rural conditions.
Rural families.
Sex of children, Parental preferences for.
Social change.
China > Rural conditions.
China.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The birth-planning campaign : local experience of population control
  • "Life is to enjoy" : the pursuit of the new ideal of happiness
  • One tiger versus ten mice : raising one successful child
  • "Little quilted vest to warm parents' hearts" : gendered transformation of filial piety
  • "Here comes my big debt" : wedding costs and sons as financial burdens
  • Emerging from the ancestors' shadow : weakened belief in family continuity.

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