The Chinese Family Today

Author : Anqi XU,John DeFrain,Wenrong LIU
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317283546

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The Chinese Family Today by Anqi XU,John DeFrain,Wenrong LIU Pdf

The Chinese economy is undergoing dramatic changes and the world is watching and changing along with it. The Chinese family is also changing in many ways in response to the economic transformation that is moving the world’s most populous nation from an agrarian economy to a global superpower. This is the first book in English to describe and explain the social transformation of the Chinese family from the perspective of Chinese researchers. Presenting a comprehensive view of the Chinese family today and how it has adapted during the process of modernization, it provides description and analysis of the trajectory of changes in family structures, functions, and relationships. It tracks how Chinese marriages and families are becoming more diverse and face a great deal of uncertainty as they evolve in different ways from Western marriages and families. The book is also unique in its use of national statistics and data from large-scale surveys to systematically illustrate these radical and extraordinary changes in family structure and dynamics over the past 30 years. Demonstrating that the de-institutionalization of family values is a slow process in the Chinese context, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Studies, Sociology, Social Policy and Family Policy.

Author : Anqi XU,John DeFrain,Wenrong LIU
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317283539

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The Chinese Family Today by Anqi XU,John DeFrain,Wenrong LIU Pdf

The Chinese economy is undergoing dramatic changes and the world is watching and changing along with it. The Chinese family is also changing in many ways in response to the economic transformation that is moving the world’s most populous nation from an agrarian economy to a global superpower. This is the first book in English to describe and explain the social transformation of the Chinese family from the perspective of Chinese researchers. Presenting a comprehensive view of the Chinese family today and how it has adapted during the process of modernization, it provides description and analysis of the trajectory of changes in family structures, functions, and relationships. It tracks how Chinese marriages and families are becoming more diverse and face a great deal of uncertainty as they evolve in different ways from Western marriages and families. The book is also unique in its use of national statistics and data from large-scale surveys to systematically illustrate these radical and extraordinary changes in family structure and dynamics over the past 30 years. Demonstrating that the de-institutionalization of family values is a slow process in the Chinese context, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Studies, Sociology, Social Policy and Family Policy.

Author : Sing Ging Su
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : China
ISBN : UCAL:$B266456

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The Chinese Family System by Sing Ging Su Pdf

Author : William R. Jankowiak,Robert L. Moore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780745685588

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Family Life in China by William R. Jankowiak,Robert L. Moore Pdf

The family has long been viewed as both a microcosm of the state and a barometer of social change in China. It is no surprise, therefore, that the dramatic changes experienced by Chinese society over the past century have produced a wide array of new family systems. Where a widely accepted Confucian-based ideology once offered a standard framework for family life, current ideas offer no such uniformity. Ties of affection rather than duty have become prominent in determining what individuals feel they owe to their spouses, parents, children, and others. Chinese millennials, facing a world of opportunities and, at the same time, feeling a sense of heavy obligation, are reshaping patterns of courtship, marriage, and filiality in ways that were not foreseen by their parents nor by the authorities of the Chinese state. Those whose roots are in the countryside but who have left their homes to seek opportunity and adventure in the city face particular pressures – as do the children and elders they have left behind. The authors explore this diversity focusing on rural vs. urban differences, regionalism, and ethnic diversity within China. Family Life in China presents new perspectives on what the current changes in this institution imply for a rapidly changing society.

Author : Marion Joseph Levy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : China
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004527151

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The Family Revolution in Modern China by Marion Joseph Levy Pdf

Author : Sing Ging Su
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230241272

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The Chinese Family System by Sing Ging Su Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II The Ancient Chinese Family System Passing from what may be called the formative period of Chinese social history, the period from primitive times to the Chow dynasty, 1122-1255 B. C, when the family system was in the making, we come now to a more advanced stage of Chinese civilization. It is generally said that the climax of the civilization of ancient China was reached under the Chowjdynasty. To a large extent, this is true. Besides the establishment of an efficiently working governmental system, many other social institutions assumed definite forms during this period, among them, the family system. The family system under the Chow dynasty deserves caroful and detailed consideration for it has been perpetuate 1 with relatively slight modifications down to the present dayi; The present system is essentially andfundamentally like its ancient predecessor. The study of the somewhat simpler system of the earlier period should help greatly in the analysis of the system of today. I. THE FAMILY LIFE OF THE ANCIENT CHINESE Family life under the Chow dynasty is portrayed as harmonious and happy. Popular sentiment regarding home life is well expressed in folk-songs of the time: "Happy union with wife and children is like the music of lutes and harps." The wife is depicted as frugal and industrious, loving her husband, rejoicing in her family.1 Among many poems of the period, describing the happiness of family life, the following ode gives a simple picture of a wife of the lower class: 1 She King (Translation by James Legge), pt. I, bk. II, odes II and IV. AH quotations from She King are taken from this translation. "How the dolichos spread itself out, Extending to the middle of the valley! Its leaves were luxuriant and dense. I cut it...

Author : Olga Lang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : China
ISBN : UOM:39015000530801

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Chinese Family and Society by Olga Lang Pdf

Author : Deborah Davis,Stevan Harrell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1993-10-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0520082222

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Chinese Families in the Post-Mao Era by Deborah Davis,Stevan Harrell Pdf

This collection of essays concerns both urban and rural Chinese communities, ranging from professional to working-class families. The contributors attempt to determine whether and to what extent the policy shifts that followed Mao Zedong's death affected Chinese families.

Author : Man-yee Kan,Sampson Lee Blair
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800711563

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Chinese Families by Man-yee Kan,Sampson Lee Blair Pdf

Chinese societies have undergone a tremendous amount of social, political, and economic change, which have been a catalyst for substantial shifts in fundamental structures within Chinese families. This edited collection focuses on the continuities and changes in gender and inter-generational relations of Chinese families in Greater China.

Author : Howard Giskin,Bettye S. Walsh
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0791450473

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An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family by Howard Giskin,Bettye S. Walsh Pdf

An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family covers a central element of Chinese culture, the idea of family, or jia. Written for both beginners and specialists, this book considers the role of family--literally, metaphorically, and as an organizing principle--in the creation of the Chinese worldview. Individual chapters explore philosophy, art, language, music, folk literature, fiction, architecture, film, and women and gender.

Author : Yi Zeng
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 029912634X

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Family Dynamics in China by Yi Zeng Pdf

Based on the author's doctoral dissertation (submitted to Brussels Free U. in March 1986) and subsequent research, presents an overview of the demographic profile of families in China, discusses the construction and validation of a general family status life table model (which is an extension of Bongaarts' nuclear family model), and deals with the application of the model and presents new findings concerning family dynamics in China. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Man Singh Das,Panos D. Bardis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000920598

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The Family in Asia by Man Singh Das,Panos D. Bardis Pdf

The institution of the family is by far the most important of all the societal networks in which the lives of men, women and children are involved. Nowhere is this more true than in the less developed countries of Asia. Originally published in 1979, The Family in Asia aimed to provide a series of comprehensive survey chapters which described traditional family patterns in a selection of Asian countries at different stages of economic development. These range from a rapidly expanding and highly developed industrial nation, Japan, through modernising and developing countries, India, Pakistan, Iran, China, South Korea and the Philippines, to more underdeveloped countries, such as Thailand and Afghanistan. Each chapter is written by a senior country specialist and covers an integrated series of topics within a uniform framework in order to facilitate inter-country comparisons. Valuable description and statistical material is provided on the literature and on the effects of industrialisation, urbanisation and modernisation, but perhaps more important is a theoretical framework and the editors’ review of some basic characteristics of social modernisation. These include the degree of equalitarian family relations and sexual divisions in society; emphasis on individualism and independence; the differentiation and specialised functioning of social institutions; urban life; birth control and family planning; social mobility; marital disruption and divorce; neglect and care of the elderly; formal education for children; and government intervention and influence on family activities. Read in its historical context, this title will interest specialists in development and Asian studies, in demography, sociology and in anthropology. Students in particular, will value the tight analytical framework in which the book has been written.

Author : Ai-li S. Chin,Maurice Freedman,Joint Committee on Contemporary China. Subcommittee on Research on Chinese Society
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804707138

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Family and Kinship in Chinese Society by Ai-li S. Chin,Maurice Freedman,Joint Committee on Contemporary China. Subcommittee on Research on Chinese Society Pdf

Includes bibliographical references.

Author : Lan Yan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062899828

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The House of Yan by Lan Yan Pdf

Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family’s history through early 20th Century to present day. The history of the Yan family is inseparable from the history of China over the last century. One of the most influential business leaders of China today, Lan Yan grew up in the company of the country’s powerful elite, including Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping. Her grandfather, Yan Baohang, originally a nationalist and ally of Chiang Kai-shek, later joined the communists and worked as a spy during World War II, never falling out of favor with Soong May-ling, aka Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek. Lan’s parents were diplomats, and her father, Yan Mingfu, was Mao’s personal Russian translator. In spite of their elevated status, the Yan’s family life was turned upside down by the Cultural Revolution. One night in 1967, in front of a terrified ten-year-old Lan, Red Guards burst into the family home and arrested her grandfather. Days later, her father was arrested, accused of spying for the Soviet Union. Her mother, Wu Keilang, was branded a counter-revolutionary and forced to go with her daughter to a re-education camp for five years, where Lan came of age as a high school student. In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The reader obtains a rare glimpse into the mysteries of a system which went off the rails and would decimate a large swathe of the intellectual, economic and political elite country. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country. In telling her and her family’s story, Lan Yan serves up an intimate account of the history of contemporary China.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004450233

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Chinese Families Upside Down: Intergenerational Dynamics and Neo-Familism in the Early 21st Century by Anonim Pdf

Chinese Families Upside Down offers the first systematic account of how intergenerational dependence is redefining the Chinese family and goes beyond the conventional model of filial piety to explore the rich, nuanced, and often unexpected new intergenerational dynamics.