China's grandmothers : gender, family, and aging from late qing to twenty-first century
"China's Grandmothers looks at the lives of women who once dominated Chinese families, and continue to exercise major influence. It covers periods of tumultuous change from the late 19th Century to the present. Grandmothers cared for their grandchildren, managed the family economy and transmitted popular culture. They gave their grandchildren boundless love and emotional security. In traditional China, the lives of women were lived on an upward t...
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