Beschreibung:
Unique in its intergenerational approach to understanding motherhood in China, this book sets out to study Chinese mothers' experiences in childrearing, emphasizing that gender is not immutable and that motherhood is not isolated from other social domains.
1. Introduction 2. The Conceptualisation of Mothering 3. Sociological Imagination and Psychological Sensitivities: Research Methods Matter 4. Growing-up as a Girl: Experiences across Three Generations 5. From 'Liberated Woman', 'Virtuous Wife and Good Mother' to Full-time Mother 6. Intergenerational Transmissions across Three Generations of Women 7. Discussion and Conclusion