China's grandmothers : gender, family, and ageing from late Qing to twenty-first century / Diana Lary, The University of British Columbia.

"China's Grandmothers looks at the lives of women who once dominated Chinese families, and contiue to exercise major influence. It covers periods of tumultuous change from the late 19th Century to the present. Grandmothers cared for their grandchildren, managed the family economy and transmitted pop...

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Main Author: Lary, Diana (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
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Physical Description:xvi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Precious treasures
  • 2. Archetypes and images of grandmothers
  • 3. Baby seekers/baby lovers
  • 4. Child care
  • 5. Ruling the roost
  • 6. Old age
  • 7. Grandfathers
  • 8. Transmitters of culture
  • 9. Absent parents
  • 10. Left-behind children
  • 11. The pleasures of old age
  • 12. Leaving this life
  • 13. The future of the old
  • 14. Personal notes
  • Afterword.