ISBN:
9781137289902
,
1137289902
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 250 pages
,
illustrations
,
21 cm
Series Statement:
Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
DDC:
305.40941
Keywords:
Women Social conditions
;
Women History
;
Women Social conditions
;
Women History
;
Social groups
;
Families
;
Sociology
;
Families
;
Social groups
;
Sociology
;
Women
;
Women ; Social conditions
;
History
;
China ; Hong Kong
;
Great Britain
;
Hongkong
;
Großbritannien
;
Frau
;
Mutter
;
Tochter
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Intimsphäre
;
Soziales Lebensgefühl
;
Moderne
Abstract:
This book offers a comparative study of the lives of young adult women and their mothers in Hong Kong and Britain. Set against the backdrop of debates regarding the consequences of late modern social change for family and intimate life, the authors consider the challenges of exploring these issues across differing cultures. Exploring the lives of two generations of women, the book focuses on a range of topics including: mother-daughter relationships; romantic, sexual and marital relationship trajectories; and the imagined futures of daughters. Throughout it is argued that differences between Hong Kong and Britain are not attributable merely to local culture and tradition, but are the consequence of wider social, economic and political conditions through which cultural continuity and change are mediated. Women Doing Intimacy will be of interest to students and scholars of family life and gender studies
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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