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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Choi, Susanne Y. P. (Author), Peng, Yinni, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Since 1949
Rural-urban migration > China, Southeast.
Urban-rural migration > China, Southeast.
Men > Family relationships > China, Southeast.
Sex role > China.
Migration, Internal > China, Southeast.
Exode rural > Chine (Sud-Est)
Exode urbain > Chine (Sud-Est)
Hommes > Relations familiales > Chine (Sud-Est)
Rôle selon le sexe > Chine.
Migration intérieure > Chine (Sud-Est)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Men > Family relationships
Migration, Internal
Rural-urban migration
Sex role
Social conditions
Urban-rural migration
Landflucht
Binnenwanderung
Familienbeziehung
Soziale Situation
Geschlechterrolle
China > Social conditions > 1949-
Chine > Conditions sociales > 1949-
China
Southeast China
Guangdong
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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