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Author:

Shi, Lihong, 1976- author.

Title:

Choosing daughters : family change in rural China / Lihong Shi.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xi, 189 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Rural families--China.
Sex of children, Parental preferences for--China.
Daughters--China--Social conditions.
Family size--China.
Social change--China.
China--Rural conditions.
Daughters--Social conditions.
Family size.
Rural conditions.
Rural families.
Sex of children, Parental preferences for.
Social change.
China.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1503602931
9781503602939
1503600890
9781503600898

OCLC:

(OCoLC)965617499

LCCN:

2016051133

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)