Embodying Middle Class Gender Aspirations - Perspectives from China's Privileged Young Women (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

This book takes a feminist approach to analyse the lives of well-educated urban Chinese women, who were raised to embody the ideals of a modern Chinese nation and are largely the beneficiaries of the policy changes of the post-Mao era. It explores young women's gendered attitudes to and experiences of marriage, reproductive choices, careers and aspirations for a good life. It sheds light on what keeps mainstream Chinese middle-class women conforming to the current gender regime. It illuminates the contradictory effects of neoliberal techniques deployed by a familial authoritarian regime on these women's striving for success in urban China, and argues that, paradoxically, women's individualistic determination to succeed has often led them onto the path of conformity by pursuing exemplary norms which fit into the party-state's agenda.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Gender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia
Release date:	April 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Kailing Xie
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	303
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-981-16-1138-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	981-16-1138-6
Barcode:	9789811611384

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