Lonely Generation

Unraveling China’s Population Crisis After the One-Child Policy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

This book invites readers on an exploratory journey through the intricate tapestry of China’s history, culture, political climate, and social dynamics. At the heart of this exploration is the one-child policy, a revolutionary measure with far-reaching implications for the country’s gender dynamics. By scrutinizing this policy and its repercussions, the book aims to uncover and interlink various elements of how the evolution, or in some instances, the stagnation of China’s cultural and structural norms, has shaped and continues to influence women’s lives and choices in contemporary China.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-01-22
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:555 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:262
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793610706

Utforska kategorier

Brottslighet och kriminologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Ting Wang is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Recensioner i media

The Lonely Generation: Unraveling China’s Population Crisis After the One-Child Policy is an engaging book that draws on rich qualitative and quantitative data to offer important new insights about factors driving demographic changes in China.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. From Dawn to Dusk: Revisiting China’s One-Child PolicyChapter 3. Family: “You Are Our Only Hope!” Chapter 4. School: “Outpacing boys, even in the P.E. class.”Chapter 5. Job: “Do you have a boyfriend? When will you marry? When do you plan to have children?”Chapter 6. Marriage and Children: “You’re already 26!”Chapter 7. Mismatched Liberation and Women’s Silent Rebellion