Lau-Clayton British Chinese Families

Parenting, Relationships and Childhoods
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-02661-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 206 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

Based on repeat interviews from a range of generational perspectives, this book explores the nature of contemporary British Chinese households and childhoods, examining the extent to which parents identify themselves as being Chinese and how decisions to uphold or move away from 'traditional' Chinese values impacts on their child-rearing methods.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lau-Clayton, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Chinese Migration Patterns 3. Themes within Current Research 4. Theoretical Framing 5. Methods of Enquiry 6. Contemporary British Chinese Parenting 7. Agency and Action of British Chinese Children 8. Levels of Intimacy between British Chinese Parents and Children 9. Final Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Carmen Lau-Clayton is Director of an ESRC-funded study on young fatherhood at the University of Leeds, UK. She is also a Senior Lecturer in Child and Family Welfare Studies at Leeds Trinity University, UK.