migration, family, and gender in China
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Choi, Susanne Yuk-Ping
- Creator
- Peng, Yinni
- Publish Year
- 2016
- Shelfmark
- O AZ 3 2016 - B
- Thesaurus
- huwelijken, gezinnen, vaderschap, migratie, mannelijkheid, huishoudelijke arbeid, emoties, zorgarbeid, China
- Description
- The authors show how migration has forced migrant men to renegotiate their roles as lovers, husbands, fathers, and sons. They also reveal how migrant men make masculine compromises: they strive to preserve the gender boundary and their symbolic dominance within the family by making concessions on marital power and domestic division of labor, and by redefining filial piety and fatherhood. The stories of these migrant men and their families reveal another side to China’s sweeping economic reform, modernization, and grand social transformations.