Book contents
- China’s Grandmothers
- China’s Grandmothers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Boxes
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Precious Treasures
- 2 Archetypes and Images of Grandmothers
- 3 Baby Seekers/Baby Lovers
- 4 Child Care
- 5 Ruling the Roost
- 6 Old Age
- 7 Grandfathers
- 8 Transmitters of Culture
- 9 Absent Parents
- 10 Left-Behind Children
- 11 The Pleasures of Old Age
- 12 Leaving This Life
- 13 The Future of the Old
- 14 Personal Notes
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Afterword
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 April 2022
Book contents
- China’s Grandmothers
- China’s Grandmothers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Boxes
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Precious Treasures
- 2 Archetypes and Images of Grandmothers
- 3 Baby Seekers/Baby Lovers
- 4 Child Care
- 5 Ruling the Roost
- 6 Old Age
- 7 Grandfathers
- 8 Transmitters of Culture
- 9 Absent Parents
- 10 Left-Behind Children
- 11 The Pleasures of Old Age
- 12 Leaving This Life
- 13 The Future of the Old
- 14 Personal Notes
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Writing this book has been a great pleasure. My admiration for the hard-working, devoted and loving grandmothers of China has grown and grown. Beyond this praise for their contributions, hard and fast conclusions are dangerous. I have been looking at a constantly changing scene. A recent example is the government’s proposal to raise the retirement age. The proposal has been met with open opposition, not from those about to retire but from the young who fear their mothers will be too old when they retire to care for their grandchildren.
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- China's GrandmothersGender, Family, and Ageing from Late Qing to Twenty-First Century, pp. 233Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022