Choosing daughters : family change in rural China /

Shi, Lihong, 1976-

Choosing daughters : family change in rural China / Lihong Shi. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies 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


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


Electronic Books.

HQ684 / .C466 2017