Embodying Middle Class Gender Aspirations: Perspectives from China’s Privileged Young Women

Kailing Xie

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-1139-1

Embodying Middle Class Gender Aspirations: Perspectives from China’s Privileged Young Women

Kailing Xie

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Abstract

Offers a feminist approach to explore how gender affects the lives of well-educated urban Chinese women born in the 1980s

Examines gendered attitudes in China to and experiences of marriage, reproductive choices, career and aspirations for a good life

Considers feminist theories on gender and intersectionality

Original language	English
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	303
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811611391
ISBN (Print)	9789811611384, 9789811611414
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1139-1
Publication status	Published - 26 Apr 2021

Publication series

Name	Gender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN (Print)	2662-7884
ISSN (Electronic)	2662-7892

Keywords

China
Women
middle class
Gender inequalities

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies
Demography
Gender Studies
Religious studies

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