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Flipse, Naomi (2018)

Who Run the World: Girls?

Bachelor thesis | Chinastudies (BA)

This thesis contains a description of married women's role regarding childcare and eldercare in China during the Maoist era. Next to that it describes the most recent practices and expectations of married women in urban China and their role regarding childcare and eldercare. The thesis concludes that most recently the role regarding childcare has become bigger and heavier due to a lack of affordable childcare services. The role regarding eldercare has become a little smaller due to, among others, a reinterpretation of the concept 'xiao'.

Childcare

Eldercare

Xiao

Family

Author

Flipse, Naomi

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Chinastudies

Supervisors

Kharchenkova, Svetlana

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en