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Urban Chinese Daughters -  Patricia O'Neill

Urban Chinese Daughters (eBook)

Navigating New Roles, Status and Filial Obligation in a Transitioning Culture
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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XIII, 338 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-10-8699-1 (ISBN)
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The lives of urban Chinese daughters have changed. Education and employment have propelled them from dependency to self-sufficiency, resulting in new attitudes and lifestyles. However, traditional filial obligation has remained. This book asks why it continues and how it is currently discharged, focusing on the emotion work daughters do to sustain the parent relationship, deal with conflict and maintain their self-esteem.

Based on interviews with women living in Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China, the book further explores whether the structural or relational motivations underpinning support and care may be less important than the standards daughters impose on themselves; why care may be discontinued or not undertaken in the first place; why care provided to parents may be different from in-laws, and the importance of domestic helpers to the modern caregiving paradigm.

To undertake this exploration, a typology of support and care was created, allowing for the first time to distinguish between what daughters do for healthy parents and in-laws versus parents who require temporary or full time care, specifically addressing how providing support and care affects the daughters' well-being.


Patricia O'Neill is currently a visiting academic at Contemporary China Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Oxford University, UK and an Associate in Research, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, USA. She received her DPhil from Oxford University, Department of Sociology and is an alumnus of St. Antony's College and the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing. She is a licensed attorney and member of the California Bar.

The lives of urban Chinese daughters have changed. Education and employment have propelled them from dependency to self-sufficiency, resulting in new attitudes and lifestyles. However, traditional filial obligation has remained. This book asks why it continues and how it is currently discharged, focusing on the emotion work daughters do to sustain the parent relationship, deal with conflict and maintain their self-esteem.Based on interviews with women living in Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China, the book further explores whether the structural or relational motivations underpinning support and care may be less important than the standards daughters impose on themselves; why care may be discontinued or not undertaken in the first place; why care provided to parents may be different from in-laws, and the importance of domestic helpers to the modern caregiving paradigm.To undertake this exploration, a typology of supportand care was created, allowing for the first time to distinguish between what daughters do for healthy parents and in-laws versus parents who require temporary or full time care, specifically addressing how providing support and care affects the daughters' well-being.

Patricia O’Neill is currently a visiting academic at Contemporary China Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Oxford University, UK and an Associate in Research, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, USA. She received her DPhil from Oxford University, Department of Sociology and is an alumnus of St. Antony’s College and the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing. She is a licensed attorney and member of the California Bar.

1. Introduction2. Framing the Issues through Historical Context3. Core Perspectives and Theoretical Framework: Underpinning Chinese Daughters’ Support and Care of Elderly Parents4. The Typology of Support and Care5. Support of Ageing Parents6. Temporary Care of Ageing Parents7. Caregiving of Ageing Parents8. Outsourced Care9. Discussion and Conclusion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 2.5.2018
Reihe/Serie St Antony's Series
St Antony's Series
Zusatzinfo XIII, 338 p. 12 illus.
Verlagsort Singapore
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Geriatrie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte Ageing population in China • Caregiving • China Studies • Chinese women • Confucianism • family and intergenerational studies • filial obligation • Hong Kong • Singapore • Social Epidemiology • Social Policy
ISBN-10 981-10-8699-0 / 9811086990
ISBN-13 978-981-10-8699-1 / 9789811086991
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