Chinese fatherhood, gender and family : father mission /: father mission. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mario Liong.
• Authors: Liong, Mario
• Contents: Dedication ; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Introduction: Chinese Fatherhood Revisited; The Controversy of ``New Fatherhood;́́ Researching Fatherhood; Paternal Involvement; The Masculine Construction of Fatherhood; Traditional Chinese Fatherhood and Family; Contemporary Chinese Fatherhood; Aim of the Book; Theoretical Framework; Structure/Agency; Gendered Habitus and Reflexivity; Structure and Agency in Chinese Fatherhood; Hegemony of Men; Methodology of the Study; Structure of the Book; Bibliography; 2: From Control to Care: Historicizing Family and Fatherhood in Hong Kong. The Cultural Notion of Chinese FamilyFatherhood in Traditional Chinese Culture; Historicizing Family and Fathers in Hong Kong; Early Colonial Period: Nineteenth Century; Pre- and Post-Second World War: Early Twentieth Century; Economic Boom: 1970s and 1980s; Changing Gender Scene? 1990s and Onwards; Gender-Insensitive Family Policy; Fatherhood in Hong Kong Today; Menś Movement in the Family Context; Conclusion: New Wine in Old Bottles; Bibliography; 3: Power of Invisible Care; Economic Provision as Masculine Achievement; Care of the Family. Socio-Economic and Class Factor on Economic ProvisionEconomic Provision as Taken-for-granted Privilege; Habitus and Reflexivity in Crisis Situations; Conclusion; Bibliography; 4: Cultural Parent; Ideology of Education in Chinese Fatherhood; Father as the Cultural Parent; Education in Practice; Developing Childrenś Academic and Intellectual Abilities; Cultivating Desirable Values; Challenge to Paternal Authority; Conclusion; Bibliography; 5: Marrying Masculine Responsibility; Marriage as the Legitimate Path to Fatherhood; Divorce as Stigma; Enduring an Extramarital Affair. Marital Relations as a Gendered ResponsibilityChild-centred Fatherhood; Conclusion; Bibliography; 6: Rethinking Chinese Fatherhood; Hegemony of Men as Fathers; Structural Thinking; Reflexivity in Crisis; Rethinking Fatherhood, Reconsidering Family; Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.874/2095125; Fatherhood -- China -- Hong Kong; Gender identity -- China -- Hong Kong; Families -- China -- Hong Kong; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Families; Fatherhood; Gender identity; China -- Hong Kong; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137441867; 1137441860
• Related ISBNs: 9781137441850; 1137441852
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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