Yue Du (New York Cornell University)

State and Family in China

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Produktbeschreibung

State and Family in China examines the intersection of politics and intergenerational family relations in China from the Qing period to 1949 through the concept of filial piety. In this ambitious study, Yue Du explores changes in family law, parent-child relationships and the changing nature of the Chinese state during this period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 311
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9781108978811
• ISBN-10: 1108978819
• Artikelnr.: 68802387

Autorenporträt

Yue Du is Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History at Cornell University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: filial piety beyond confucianism; Part I. Ruling the Empire
through the Principle of Filialit: 1. 'Parents can never be wrong:'
punishing rebellious children as a didactic show; 2. Policies and
counterstrategies: negotiating state-sponsored filiality in the everyday;
3. 'Parenting all under heaven on behalf of heaven:' state-sponsored
filiality and imperial rulership; Part II. Building the Nation through
Restructuring the Family: 4. Reorienting parent-child relations: from
parents' authority to children's rights; 5. Reconceptualizing parent-child
relations: from life-long parental privilege to transitory guardianship; 6.
A constitutional agenda: remaking the family to make a new state;
Conclusion: filial piety toward the state.