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Choosing daughters : family change in rural China
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Title
Choosing daughters : family change in rural China / Lihong Shi.
ISBN
9781503600898
1503600890
9781503602939
1503602931
9781503603004
Publication
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Physical Description
xi, 189 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 18, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The birth-planning campaign : local experience of population control
"Life is to enjoy" : the pursuit of the new ideal of happiness
One tiger versus ten mice : raising one successful child
"Little quilted vest to warm parents' hearts" : gendered transformation of filial piety
"Here comes my big debt" : wedding costs and sons as financial burdens
Emerging from the ancestors' shadow : weakened belief in family continuity.
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