Each successive wave of revolution to hit modern China―political, cultural, and economic―has radically reshaped Chinese society. Whereas patriarchy defined the familial social structure for thousands of years, changing realities in the last hundred years have altered and even reversed long-held expectations. __Transforming Patriarchy__ explores the private and public dimensions of these changes in present-day China. Patriarchy is not dead, but it is no longer the default arrangement for Chinese families: Daughters-in-law openly berate their fathers-in-law. Companies sell filial-piety insurance. Many couples live together before marriage, and in some parts of rural China, almost all brides are pregnant.Drawing on a multitude of sources and perspectives, this volume turns to the intimate territory of the family to challenge prevailing scholarly assumptions about gender and generational hierarchies in Chinese society. Case studies examine factors such as social class, geography, and globalization as they relate to patriarchal practice and resistance to it. The contributors bring the concept of patriarchy back to the heart of China studies while rethinking its significance in dominant Western-centric theories of modernity.

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Santos, Gonçalo D. (Editor),Harrell, Stevan (editor)

Gonçalo D Santos; Steven Harrell

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Title Page 4
Copyright 5
Table of Contents 6
Acknowledgments 8
Note on Transcription 10
Introduction • Stevan Harrell and Gonçalo Santos 14
Part One: Rural Reconfigurations 48
1 Dutiful Help: Masking Rural Women’s Economic Contributions • Melissa J. Brown 50
2 From Care Providers to Financial Burdens: The Changing Role of Sons and Reproductive Choice in Rural Northeast China • Lihong Shi 70
3 Higher Education, Gender, and Elder Support in Rural Northwest China • Helena Obendiek 85
4 Multiple Mothering and Labor Migration in Rural South China • Gonçalo Santos 102
Part Two: Class, Gender, and Patriarchy in Urban Society 122
5 Urbanization and the Transformation of Kinship Practice in Shandong • Andrew B. Kipnis 124
6 Being the Right Woman for “Mr. Right”: Marriage and Household Politics in Present-Day Nanjing • Roberta Zavoretti 140
7 Emergent Conjugal Love, Mutual Affection, and Female Marital Power • William Jankowiak and Xuan Li 157
8 Under Pressure: Lesbian-Gay Contract Marriages and Their Patriarchal Bargains • Elisabeth L. Engebretsen 174
9 Patriarchal Investments: Expectations of Male Authority and Support in a Poor Beijing Neighborhood • Harriet Evans 193
Part Three: New Technologies, New Institutions 210
10 Taking Patriarchy Out of Postpartum Recovery? • Suzanne Gottschang 212
11 Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Sperm Donation, and Biological Kinship: A Recent Chinese Media Debate • Kerstin Klein 230
12 Recalibrating Filial Piety: Realigning the State, Family, and Market Interests in China • Hong Zhang 245
Glossary 262
References 268
List of Contributors 296
Index 300

Each successive wave of revolution to hit modern China-political, cultural, and economic-has radically reshaped Chinese society. Whereas patriarchy defined the familial social structure for thousands of years, changing realities in the last hundred years have altered and even reversed long-held expectations. Transforming Patriarchy explores the private and public dimensions of these changes in present-day China. Patriarchy is not dead, but it is no longer the default arrangement for Chinese families: Daughters-in-law openly berate their fathers-in-law. Companies sell filial-piety insurance. Many couples live together before marriage, and in some parts of rural China, almost all brides are pregnant. Drawing on a multitude of sources and perspectives, this volume turns to the intimate territory of the family to challenge prevailing scholarly assumptions about gender and generational hierarchies in Chinese society. Case studies examine factors such as social class, geography, and globalization as they relate to patriarchal practice and resistance to it. The contributors bring the concept of patriarchy back to the heart of China studies while rethinking its significance in dominant Western-centric theories of modernity. -- Provided by publisher

« Each successive wave of revolution to hit modern China--political, cultural, and economic--has radically reshaped Chinese society. Whereas patriarchy defined the familial social structure for thousands of years, changing realities in the last hundred years have altered and even reversed long-held expectations. Transforming Patriarchy explores the private and public dimensions of these changes in present-day China. Patriarchy is not dead, but it is no longer the default arrangement for Chinese families ... Drawing on a multitude of sources and perspectives, this volume turns to the intimate territory of the family to challenge prevailing scholarly assumptions about gender and generational hierarchies in Chinese society. Case studies examine factors such as social class, geography, and globalization as they relate to patriarchal practice and resistance to it. » --Résumé de l'éditeur

2017-05-12