Elderly Care, Intergenerational Relationships and Social Change in Rural China

• Main Author: Cao, Fang (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Social groups.; Family.; China-History.; Social policy.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.; History of China.; Children, Youth and Family Policy.

This book investigates how rapid socio-political-economic change in China since 1949 has affected intergenerational relationships and practices in rural areas, specifically the care provided to elderly parents by their adult children. It focuses on the lived experiences of rural villagers and their...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Setting the scene-Dougou village
• 3. Cultural constructions of filialness
• 4. Parental duties: the burden of sons
• 5. Migrant work and economic change: effects on elderly care and intergenerational practices
• 6. The marginalisation of the rural elders
• 7. Caring for ageing parents in the migration era
• 8. Explaining family changes in rural China
• 9. Summary and implications.