Practising and displaying xiao—young mothers’ negotiations of obligations to elders

Practising and displaying xiao—young mothers’ negotiations of obligations to elders

Abstract This article explores young Chinese women’s attitudes to and practices of filial piety in northern China. It applies the concept of ‘family practices’ and ‘displaying family’ to the Chinese context through the link between xiao and mianzi. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with 34 young moth...

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Main Author: Yi Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-10-01
Series:The Journal of Chinese Sociology
Subjects:
Filial piety
Xiao
Displaying family
Mianzi
Family practices
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40711-016-0047-9

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