Exploring how people negotiate and reconcile, construct and re-construct their distinctive gender and ethnic identities in a cross-cultural context, Hu examines what happens when two distinct cultures meet at the intimate interface of marriage and family. Chinese-British Intermarriage reveals how gender and ethnic identities intersect in distinctive ways in shaping the lived experiences of intermarried couples. Through the kaleidoscope of first-generation Chinese-British inter-ethnic families in the UK, the book brings together family, gender, migration and ethnic studies, reflecting on ongoing social processes such as individualisation and globalisation.

Autorentext

Yang Hu is a Senior Researcher in Sociology at the University of Essex, UK. His research areas include family and gender, ethnicity and migration, as well as contemporary Chinese societies.

Inhalt

1.  Introduction.- 2.  Happy Families Alike?.- 3.  Disentangling Gender and Ethnicity in Ethnic Intermarriage.- 4.  'The Chinese Virtue' and 'The Good Old Days'.- 5.  The Anatomy of the 'Superwoman'.- 6.  The Road Less Travelled: Negotiating Change.- 7.  A World Inverted.- 8.  Conclusion: Gender and Ethnicity Disentangled.