Family Life in China

by William R Jankowiak and Robert L. Moore

Book Overview

The family has long been viewed as both a microcosm of the state and a barometer of social change in China. It is no surprise, therefore, that the dramatic changes experienced by Chinese society over the past century have produced a wide array of new family systems.

Where a widely accepted Confucian-based ideology once offered a standard framework for family life, current ideas offer no such uniformity. Ties of affection rather than duty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745685552
• ISBN13: 9780745685557
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.2"