China's Grandmothers

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-316-51335-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 557 g

Over the past century and a half, China has experienced foreign invasion, warfare, political turmoil, and revolution, along with massive economic and technological change. Through all this change, there is one stable element: grandmothers, as child carers, household managers, religious devotees, transmitters of culture, and, above all, sources of love, warmth, and affection. In this interdisciplinary and longitudinal study, China's Grandmothers sheds light on the status and lives of grandmothers in China over the years from the late Qing Dynasty to the twenty-first century. Combining a wide range of historical and biographical materials, Diana Lary explores the changes and continuities in the lives of grandmothers through revolution, wars, and radical upheaval to the present phase of economic growth. Informed by her own experience as a grandchild and grandmother, Lary offers a fresh and compelling way of looking at gender, family, and ageing in modern Chinese society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lary, Diana

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Introduction; 1. Precious treasures; 2. Archetypes; 3. Baby seekers; 4. Child carers'; 5. Ruling the roost; 6. Old age; 7. Grandfathers; 8. Transmitters of culture; 9. Absent parents; 10. Left behind children; 11. Pleasures of old age; 12. Leaving this life; 13. The future of old age; 14. Personal notes; Afterword.

Über Autor(innen)

Lary, Diana
Diana Lary is Professor Emerita of Modern Chinese History at University of British Columbia.