Index
aged parents
103 , 105 , 113 –115 , 117 –119
aging
xii , 64 , 67 , 80 , 83 , 109 , 182 , 241 , 244 , 253
alloparental
215
ambivalence
28 , 67 , 71 –72 , 84 , 94 , 96 , 100 , 111 –112 , 121 , 123 , 129 , 140 , 253 , 267
ancestors
4 , 6 , 16 , 149 , 176 , 269
bare branches
20 , 55
caregiving
86 , 88 , 136 , 143 , 146 , 149
child loss
177 , 183 –187 , 190 –191
childbearing
2 –3 , 35 , 55 , 59 , 62 –63 , 65 –67 , 69 –70 , 72 –73
childcare
8 , 50 , 63 –64 , 72 , 80 –82 , 90 , 94 , 103 –117 , 119 , 129 , 136n2 , 135 –138 , 140 –141 , 143 –145 , 149 , 151 –152 , 155 –157 , 159 , 161n6 , 161 –163 , 168 , 170 –171 , 181 , 198 , 202 , 213 –214 , 216 , 218 , 232
childrearing
5 , 13 –14 , 20 –23 , 55 , 62 –66 , 70 , 111 , 112 , 137 , 140 , 143 –145 , 150n2 , 148 –152 , 157n4 , 155 –159 , 161 , 165 , 170 , 176 , 179 , 184 , 188 , 250 , 256
Chinese state
9 , 55 , 266 , 268
conflict
8 , 12 , 78 , 94 , 97 , 106 , 111 –112 , 136 –137 , 166 , 203 , 209 , 261 –262
Confucian familism
255 , 265
Confucian Revival
263 –264 , 266
conjugal affection
32 , 200
dance group
123 , 127 , 129 , 132 , 134 –135 , 137 –140
daughter-in-law
31 , 80 , 89 –90 , 92 –94 , 109 –112 , 114 , 117 , 127 –130 , 135 , 137 –138 , 160 , 163 , 166 –167 , 201 –202 , 257
daughters
20 , 31 , 71 , 76 –77 , 81 , 83 –84 , 90 , 93 , 95 , 98 , 105 , 109 –112 , 114 –115 , 117 , 152 , 185 , 199 –204 , 210 , 218 , 232
demographic
2 , 7 , 33 , 51 , 56 , 78 –79 , 93 –94 , 141
dependency
87 , 97 , 198 , 201 , 204 , 211
dispute
133 , 137
divorce
xi , 2 , 5 , 20 , 33n1 , 40 , 50f 49 –51 , 59 –60 , 71 –72 , 92 , 143 , 181 , 196 , 204 , 229 –230 , 238 –239 , 241
education
xii , 17 –18 , 22 , 32 , 35 , 48 –49 , 55 , 60 , 63 –66 , 69 , 71 –72 , 81 –83 , 85 , 87 , 97 , 144n1 , 149 , 150n2 , 152 –153 , 155 –160 , 179 –180 , 184 , 188 , 232 , 237n5 , 237 –238 , 241 , 253 , 257 , 259 –262 , 264
elderly care
14 , 106 , 146 , 238 , 241 , 243
emotional attachments and support
16 , 21 , 84 , 90 –91 , 116 , 165 , 179 , 181 , 202 , 231
emotions
16 , 37 –38 , 47 , 91 , 104 , 116 , 129 , 136
face
34 , 70 , 76 , 81 , 87 , 89 , 117 , 139 , 143 , 153 –154 , 156 , 164 , 176 , 185 , 253 , 256
familism
ix , 3 –4 , 6 , 9 –10 , 12 , 15 –19 , 23 –25 , 32 , 58 , 72 , 112 , 124 , 145 , 147 , 176 , 223 –231 , 234 –235 , 238 –240 , 244 –246 , 252 –255 , 258 –272 , 274
Descending Familism
29 , 54 , 75 , 122 , 142 , 175 , 193 , 222 , 252 , 273
family
ethics
146 , 242 , 269
harmony
78 , 80 , 137 , 139 interests 15 , 17 , 21 , 147 , 224 , 245 –246 , 255 , 266
obligation
104 , 112 , 116 , 118 –119
strategy
3 , 94 , 170
unity
84 , 97
values
24 , 254
property
105 , 230
prosperity
9 , 15 –16 , 260
family Law
53 , 251
family planning
193 , 242n6 , 242 –243
family policies
9 , 24 , 223 –226 , 228 –229 , 232 , 234 –235 , 239 –240 , 242 –247 , 249 , 251 –252
family revolution
15 , 29 , 224 –227 , 244 –245 , 252 , 274
family-state
16 , 24 , 260 –264 , 266 –273
fathers
35 –39 , 41 –42 , 48 , 144 –145 , 149 , 157n4 , 157n5 , 156 –158 , 195 , 199 –200 , 204 , 216
feminism
2 , 267
fertility rate
2 , 6 , 241 , 250
filial piety
3 –4 , 11 –12 , 14 , 16 –18 , 31 , 35 , 104 , 107 , 112 , 128 –129 , 132 , 137 , 140 , 163 , 171 , 182 , 214 , 244 , 246 , 253 , 255 , 257 –261 , 269
friendship
66 , 124 –125 , 133 –134 , 138 , 179 , 181 , 211
gender
xiii , xiv –1 , 5 , 11 , 15 –16 , 22 , 37 , 60 , 77 , 81 –82 , 106 , 109 –110 , 147 , 149 , 157 , 170 , 197 , 200 , 205 , 208 –210 , 224 , 229 –230 , 237n5 , 264
governance
16 , 24 , 125 , 241 , 254 , 258 –259 , 262 –263 , 265 –267 , 272
grandparenting
xiv –3 , 13 , 78 , 93 –94 , 96 , 119 , 139 –140 , 178 , 184 , 213
grave
186 , 189 –190
happiness
12 , 16 –17 , 22 , 25 , 31 , 35 , 66 –67 , 78 , 88 , 92 , 126 , 185 , 205 , 207 , 210 , 223 , 227 , 235 , 247 , 252 –253 , 255 , 257 , 260 , 266
harmonious family
91 , 255 , 258 –259 , 273
health insurance
106 , 113 , 171
hierarchy
4 –7 , 10 , 12 , 14 , 17 –20 , 32 , 78 , 95 , 125 , 127 –128 , 132 , 147 , 171 , 264 –265
horizontal tie
2 , 15 , 31 , 50 , 94
household registration
7 , 82 , 97 , 113 , 231 –232
housing
5 , 48 –49 , 61 , 64 –65 , 72 , 148 , 232 –233 , 238
idleness
86 , 97
individual
autonomy
2 –3 , 22 –23
desire
13
happiness
9 , 15 , 21 , 23 , 195 , 255
interests
15 , 17 , 118 , 126 , 227 , 255 , 262 , 264 , 266
strategies
21
individualism
1 , 3 , 12 , 15 , 24 , 58 , 146 , 224 –225 , 227 –228 , 237n5 , 239 , 245 –246 , 263 –267
individualization
xiv , 4 , 9 , 104 , 107 , 236n5 , 236 –239 , 245 –246 , 256 , 266
inheritance
31 , 105 , 198 , 228 , 238
intergenerational
cooperation
95 –96 , 144 –147 , 162 , 181
dependence
ix –2 , 9 , 14 , 19 –21
dynamics
xii , 4 , 11 , 13 , 17 –19 , 21 , 23
intimacy
16 , 22
solidarity
2 , 6 , 10 , 12 , 137
intergenerational parenting coalition
144 , 147 –148 , 151 , 157 , 159 , 161 , 165 , 167 , 170 –171
intergenerational relations
xiv , 4 , 7 –15 , 18 , 26 , 104 , 111 –112 , 144 –145 , 147 , 163 –164 , 169 , 170 , 172 , 176 –177 , 253
intergenerationality
4 , 11 –14 , 20 –21 , 78 , 95 , 177
intimacy
1 –2 , 4 , 9 , 13 , 15 –16 , 22 , 97 , 144 , 148 , 161 , 163 , 169 , 169n9 , 171 , 194 , 196 , 204 , 215 , 224 , 246 , 254
intimate power
22 , 148 , 171
intimate relations
22 , 148 , 161 , 167 , 169 , 172
inverted family
5 –6 , 8 –10 , 124 , 128 , 139 –140 , 194 , 214 –215 , 269
isomorphism of the family and the state
261 –262 , 265 –268 , 270 , 272 –273
jobs
8 , 39 , 43 , 55 , 63 –66 , 71 –72 , 80 , 85 –86 , 107 , 144 , 144n1 , 203 , 214 , 238 , 257
leftover women
20 , 55 , 69 , 208
longitudinal study
xii , 3 , 23 , 55 –56 , 256
loyalty
15 , 31 –32 , 131 , 196 , 212 , 224 , 230 , 232 , 234 , 246 , 260 –261 , 264
marriage
2 –3 , 5 , 7 , 9 , 19 –20 , 23 , 31 –32 , 34 –35 , 37 –38 , 38n3 , 40n4 , 40 –43 , 47 , 49 –52 , 55 , 57 –62 , 64 –73 , 79 , 85 , 89 –90 , 92 , 105 , 181 , 184 , 195 –198 , 201 , 204 –209 , 215 –217 , 228 , 230 , 238 –239 , 245 , 247 , 250 , 253 , 256
marriage Law
9 , 32 , 38 , 49 , 52 –53 , 118 , 196 , 229 –230 , 238 –239 , 242
matchmaking
33n1 , 33 –36 , 39 , 54 , 69 –71 , 193
maternal power
164 , 171
migrant parents
78 , 83 –84 , 103 , 107
migrants
8 , 10 , 21 , 43 , 78 , 85 , 104 –105 , 117 , 207 , 213 , 256
migration
5 , 7 , 21 , 79 , 82 –83 , 94 , 103 , 113 , 119 , 226 , 247
morality
78 –79 , 90 , 208 , 262 , 270
moral code
97 , 198
moral framework
96 , 269
moral meaning
98
mother-daughter bond
202 , 204
motherhood
18 , 208
mothers-in-law
83 , 90 , 93 , 112 , 202
multigenerational family
3 , 4 , 11 , 21 , 84 , 111 , 194 , 211 , 213 , 246
natal family
31 , 145 , 203 , 208 , 214 , 217 –218
nationalism
96 , 225 , 228 , 264 , 266
negotiation
22 , 113 , 148 , 151 , 161 , 165 , 171 , 211
neo-familism
ix , 3 , 5 , 9 , 15 –17 , 19 , 24 –25 , 245 –246 , 253 –254 , 258 , 260 , 262 –263 , 267 , 269
intellectual discourse of
24 , 263 , 267 official discourse of 24 , 132 , 254 , 258 –263 , 267
popular discourse of
24 , 55 , 254 , 258 , 267 , 269
neo-liberal perspective
194 , 205 , 217
one-child policy
xii , 7 , 9 –10 , 38 , 48 , 51 , 58 , 64 , 110 , 139 , 150 , 176 , 178n1 , 226 , 235 –236 , 241 , 245
parentalauthority
1 , 5 , 9 , 20 , 230 –231 , 256
commitment
1 grief 23 , 176 , 178 , 191
guilt
183
power
5 , 15 , 23 , 32 , 232
parental support
5 , 20 , 216 , 233 , 253 , 256 , 258
parent-child bonds
23 , 177 , 178 , 190 , 195
parent-child burial
190
parenting style
198 , 200
scientific parenting
150 , 157 , 159 , 170intensive parenting 59 , 179 , 187 –188
party-state
4 , 9 , 16 , 24 , 96 , 223 –225 , 234n4 , 230 –241 , 243 –247 , 254 , 258 –259 , 262 –263 , 267 –268
patriarchal family
2 , 5 , 7 , 11 , 95 , 147 , 217 , 256 , 264
patrilineal decent
194
patrilocal residence
9 , 11 , 195 , 201
patriotism
16 , 24 , 228 , 260 –261 , 263 , 267 –268
personhood
14 , 22 , 81 , 91 , 96 , 177 , 182 –184 , 190 –191
failed personhood
177 , 183 , 191
parent-child integrated personhoods
14 , 177
polite but distant
168 –169
post-marital residence
10 –11 , 23 , 17 –18 , 28 , 195
post-patriarchal intergenerationality
4 , 10 –12 , 14 , 17 , 19 , 32 , 177 , 269
power relations
4 , 10 , 22 , 144 , 147 –148 , 151 , 159 , 161 , 170
qinqing
116
reciprocity
96 , 104 , 145 –146 , 162
relocation
106 –108 , 115 , 232 , 244
remittances
87 , 94
respect
11 , 23 , 68 , 90 , 118 , 124 , 128 , 131 , 147 –148 , 167 , 172 , 182 , 197 –198 , 201 , 217 , 236n5 , 239 , 254
retirement
xii , 6 , 67 , 81 , 115 , 129 , 178 , 181 , 218
sacrifice
15 –16 , 60 , 72 , 80 , 82 , 96 –97 , 115 , 181 , 196 –197 , 225 , 244 , 253 , 255 , 262 , 266
sandwich generation
21 –22 , 83 , 93 , 123 –124 , 139
self-development
6 , 13 –14 , 22 –23 , 125 , 207 , 209 , 225 , 253 , 266
self-interest
118 , 123 , 126 , 132 , 138
sentimental disposition of the family-state
25 , 260 –263 , 267 –268
shidu parents
23 , 176 –179 , 182 , 184 –186 , 188 –191 , 243 –244
singletons
7 , 17 , 22 , 26 , 55 , 146 , 178n1 , 204 , 210 , 213 , 241 , 250
statism
224 –228 , 228n2 , 230 , 233 , 239 , 244 , 246 –247 , 252 , 265
statist model of family policy-making
9 –10 , 24 , 223 –226 , 229 , 232 , 234 , 239 , 241 , 243 –247
suffering
55 , 77 –78 , 80 , 84 , 86 , 88 , 90 –91 , 95 –98 , 124 , 173 , 183 , 241
suicide
171 , 176 , 178 , 183 , 185
surveys
24 , 55 –58 , 143 , 150n2 , 242 , 254 –255 , 258 , 267
tolerance
112 , 163 –164 , 204 , 217 , 246
values
6 , 10 , 15 , 17 –18 , 20 –21 , 36 , 78 , 97 , 111 , 118 , 120 , 139 , 194 , 197 , 205 , 217 , 224 , 230 –231 , 237n5 , 239 –240 , 246 , 254 –255 , 258 , 260 , 265 , 267 , 269 –273
vertical tie
2 , 14 –15 , 31 , 48 , 50 , 94 , 211
weddings
19 , 32n1 , 40 –42 , 48 , 56 , 228
welfare
4 , 10 , 48 , 82 , 94 , 115 , 118 –119 , 196 , 223 , 237 –240 , 242 , 246 –247 , 263 , 267
wellbeing
24 , 117 , 223
youth
5 , 7 , 10 , 19 –20 , 39 , 68 , 81 , 192 , 197 , 199 –200 , 205 –207 , 210 , 213 , 217 , 224 , 226 –229 , 233 , 244 , 246 , 253 , 256 –257 , 262