Chinese-British Intermarriage: Disentangling Gender and Ethnicity

ISBN-13: 9783319292809 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 267 str.

Yang Hu

Opis

Exploring how people negotiate and reconcile, construct and re-construct their distinctive gender and ethnic identities in a cross-cultural context, Hu examines what happens when two distinct cultures meet at the intimate interface of marriage and family. Chinese-British Intermarriage reveals how gender and ethnic identities intersect in distinctive ways in shaping the lived experiences of intermarried couples. Through the kaleidoscope of first-generation Chinese-British inter-ethnic families in the UK, the book brings together family, gender, migration and ethnic studies, reflecting on ongoing social processes such as individualisation and globalisation.

Recenzje

"Yang Hu makes a highly original contribution to family sociology in general and the study of interethnic intimate relationships in particular. ... Chinese-British Intermarriage is a book that deserves to be widely read." (Daniel Nehring, thesociologicalreview.com, June, 2018)

Spis treści

1.  Introduction.- 2.  Happy Families Alike?.- 3.  Disentangling Gender and Ethnicity in Ethnic Intermarriage.- 4.  'The Chinese Virtue' and 'The Good Old Days'.- 5.  The Anatomy of the 'Superwoman'.- 6.  The Road Less Travelled: Negotiating Change.- 7.  A World Inverted.- 8.  Conclusion: Gender and Ethnicity Disentangled.

O autorze

Yang Hu is a Senior Researcher in Sociology at the University of Essex, UK. His research areas include family and gender, ethnicity and migration, as well as contemporary Chinese societies.