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Chinese Fatherhood, Gender and Family

Father Mission

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Authors:
  1. Mario Liong

    1. Centennial College, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

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  • Uniquely explores the impact of fathers on their children’s education alongside topics such as love, masculinity, identity, marriage, economics and feminism
  • Provides in-depth analysis of the dialectical relationship between fatherhood and manhood
  • Focuses on the oft-neglected areas of fathers' everyday lives and agency

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Chinese Fatherhood Revisited

    • Mario Liong
    Pages 1-38

  3. From Control to Care: Historicizing Family and Fatherhood in Hong Kong

    • Mario Liong
    Pages 39-71

  4. Power of Invisible Care

    • Mario Liong
    Pages 73-107

  5. Cultural Parent

    • Mario Liong
    Pages 109-137

  6. Marrying Masculine Responsibility

    • Mario Liong
    Pages 139-170

  7. Rethinking Chinese Fatherhood

    • Mario Liong
    Pages 171-186

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 187-224
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About this book

This book is about how Chinese men make sense of and practise fatherhood within the context of changing gender conventions and socio-cultural conditions. Liong analyses data from participant observations at a men's centre, focus groups, and in-depth interviews, to assess the subjective experience and identities of Chinese fathers in Hong Kong, from a gender perspective. His findings show that economic provision, education, and marriage are the three "natural" and "normal" domains of paternity. Not being able to fulfil these requirements is a threat to fathers' masculinity, yet is also an opportunity for fathers to reflect upon these accepted conventions. In order to compensate, these men typically develop a closer and more caring relationship with their children, however these fathers still struggle with feelings of inferiority.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centennial College, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    Mario Liong

About the author

Mario Liong is Associate Professor at Ritsumeikan University, Japan. Previously he was Post-Doctoral Researcher at Umeå University, Sweden and Assistant Professor at Centennial College, Hong Kong.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chinese Fatherhood, Gender and Family

  • Book Subtitle: Father Mission

  • Authors: Mario Liong

  • Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-44186-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-44185-0Published: 25 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-68425-0Published: 04 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-44186-7Published: 16 January 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2731-6440

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-6459

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 224

  • Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

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