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eprints-39076
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| recordtype |
eprints
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| institution |
SOAS, University of London
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| collection |
SOAS Research Online
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| language |
English
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| language_search |
English
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| topic |
HM Sociology
HQ The family. Marriage. Women
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| description |
This article explores the intertwining issues of filial obligation, material interest and emotional intimacy in driving adult children's provision of old-age support in family settings. Drawing upon multi-generational life history interviews with urban Chinese families, this article reveals how the configuration of these multiple forces is governed by the socio-economic and demographic context of a particular time. The findings dispute a lineal modernization model of transition and generational change (from past family relations structured by filial obligation to the present emotion-laden nuclear family). Instead the multi-generational analysis reveals a tightening association of multiple forces around the younger generation, intensified by the one-child demographic structure, post-Mao commercialization of urban housing and establishment of the market economy. Finally, this article highlights the role of performance in carrying out old-age support. “Surface work” is enacted in situations where tensions between conformity to public morality and private intents (emotional or material) cannot be reconciled.
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| format |
Journal Article
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| author |
Liu, Jieyu
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| author_facet |
Liu, Jieyu
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| authorStr |
Liu, Jieyu
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| author_letter |
Liu, Jieyu
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| title |
Filial piety, love or money? Foundation of old-age support in urban China
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| publisher |
Elsevier
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| publishDate |
2023
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| url |
https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/39076/
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