Shifting Traditions of Childrearing in China: Narratives from Three Generations of Women

by Xin Guo

Book Overview

Unique in its intergenerational approach to understanding motherhood in China, this book sets out to study Chinese mothers' experiences of childrearing, emphasising that gender is not immutable and that motherhood is not isolated from other social domains.

The author adopts an historical and sociological design with a case study approach to investigate three living generations of women from 12 families of varied social-economic backgrounds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032022965
• ISBN13: 9781032022963
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"