Making our own destiny : single women, opportunity, and family in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo /

Making our own destiny : single women, opportunity, and family in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo /

In East Asia's largest cities, hundreds of thousands of women remain single into middle age and beyond, giving rise to a demographic transformation with profound implications for their societies. Labeled in the media as "loser dogs" and "parasites" in Japan and "leftove...

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Author / Creator: Nakano, Lynne Y., 1965- (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Single women > Family relationships > China > Hong Kong > Case studies.
Single women > Family relationships > China > Shanghai > Case studies.
Single women > Family relationships > Japan > Tokyo > Case studies.
Single women > China > Hong Kong > Attitudes > Case studies.
Single women > China > Shanghai > Attitudes > Case studies.
Single women > Japan > Tokyo > Attitudes > Case studies.
Single women > Attitudes
Single women > Family relationships
China > Hong Kong
China > Shanghai
Japan > Tokyo
Case studies
Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • Three Marriage Regimes
  • "When I Went to Graduate School, My Parents Said I Had to Get a Boyfriend": Managing Educational Expectations
  • "Because I'm a Girl, My Parents Want Me to Find a Stable Job": Accommodating Work and Caregiving Responsibilities
  • "If I Keep This Up, I Will Never Have a Life of My Own": Negotiating Family Tensions
  • "Maybe I Just Love Myself Too Much": Finding Meaning as Single Women.

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