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Women Doing Intimacy
S. Jackson
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Description for Women Doing Intimacy
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPCH; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
This book offers a comparative study of the lives of young adult women and their mothers in Hong Kong and Britain. Set against the backdrop of debates regarding the consequences of late modern social change for family and intimate life, the authors consider the challenges of exploring these issues across differing cultures. The book focuses on a range of topics including: mother-daughter relationships; romantic, sexual and marital relationship trajectories; and the imagined futures of daughters.
Throughout, it is argued that differences between Hong Kong and Britain are not attributable merely to local culture and tradition, but are the consequence of wider social, economic and political conditions ... Read more
This book offers a comparative study of the lives of young adult women and their mothers in Hong Kong and Britain. Set against the backdrop of debates regarding the consequences of late modern social change for family and intimate life, the authors consider the challenges of exploring these issues across differing cultures. The book focuses on a range of topics including: mother-daughter relationships; romantic, sexual and marital relationship trajectories; and the imagined futures of daughters.
Throughout, it is argued that differences between Hong Kong and Britain are not attributable merely to local culture and tradition, but are the consequence of wider social, economic and political conditions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137289902
SKU
V9781137289902
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About S. Jackson
Stevi Jackson is Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of York, UK. Petula Sik Ying Ho is Professor of Social Work at the University of Hong Kong.
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