Choosing daughters : family change in rural China /
Shi, Lihong, 1976-
Choosing daughters : family change in rural China / Lihong Shi. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781503603004 (electronic bk.) 1503603008 (electronic bk.)
Rural families--China.
Sex of children, Parental preferences for--China.
Daughters--Social conditions.--China
Family size--China.
Social change--China.
Familles rurales--Chine.
Sexe des enfants--Préférences parentales--Chine.
Filles--Conditions sociales.--Chine
Familles--Dimension--Chine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Daughters--Social conditions.
Family size.
Rural conditions.
Rural families.
Sex of children, Parental preferences for.
Social change.
China--Rural conditions.
China.
Electronic books.
HQ684 / .S553 2017eb
306.85/20951
Choosing daughters : family change in rural China / Lihong Shi. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781503603004 (electronic bk.) 1503603008 (electronic bk.)
Rural families--China.
Sex of children, Parental preferences for--China.
Daughters--Social conditions.--China
Family size--China.
Social change--China.
Familles rurales--Chine.
Sexe des enfants--Préférences parentales--Chine.
Filles--Conditions sociales.--Chine
Familles--Dimension--Chine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Daughters--Social conditions.
Family size.
Rural conditions.
Rural families.
Sex of children, Parental preferences for.
Social change.
China--Rural conditions.
China.
Electronic books.
HQ684 / .S553 2017eb
306.85/20951