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.
Innehållsförteckning
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.
Om författaren
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.
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