Chinese Fatherhood, Gender and Family

Father Mission

Mario Liong (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2017
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-68425-0 (ISBN)

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This book is about how Chinese men make sense of and practise fatherhood within the context of changing gender conventions and socio-cultural conditions. Liong analyses data from participant observations at a men's centre, focus groups, and in-depth interviews, to assess the subjective experience and identities of Chinese fathers in Hong Kong, from a gender perspective. His findings show that economic provision, education, and marriage are the three "natural" and "normal" domains of paternity. Not being able to fulfil these requirements is a threat to fathers' masculinity, yet is also an opportunity for fathers to reflect upon these accepted conventions. In order to compensate, these men typically develop a closer and more caring relationship with their children, however these fathers still struggle with feelings of inferiority.

Mario Liong is Associate Professor at Ritsumeikan University, Japan. Previously he was Post-Doctoral Researcher at Umeå University, Sweden and Assistant Professor at Centennial College, Hong Kong.

1. Introduction: Chinese Fatherhood Revisited.- 2. From Control to Care: Historicizing Family and Fatherhood in Hong Kong.- 3. Power of Invisible Care.- 4. The Cultural Parent.- 5. Marrying Masculine Responsibility.- 6. Rethinking Fatherhood

Erscheinungsdatum	19.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Zusatzinfo	X, 224 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte	Childhood • children • China • Class • Extra-marital Affairs • Family • Father • Gender • Hong Kong • husbands • intimate life • marriage • Masculinity • Men • Paternity • Sociology • Tradition • wives • Women
ISBN-10	1-349-68425-2 / 1349684252
ISBN-13	978-1-349-68425-0 / 9781349684250
Zustand	Neuware