Professor Joe Cook Joanne.Cook@hull.ac.uk
Professor in Organisational Behaviour/Human Resources Management
Can 'distant water ... quench the instant thirst'? The renegotiation of familial support in rural China in the face of extensive out migration
Cook, Joanne; Liu, Jieyu
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Jieyu Liu
Abstract
This article addresses debates on modernisation, ageing and intergenerational support in developing/emerging economies. By examining the impact of rural to urban migration on elder support in Chinese rural families, it examines how support is being renegotiated and the implications this holds for experiences of growing older. It is positioned critically within the Chinese rural families literature, both drawing on research that reveals the continued influence of familial culture (Silverstein 2009; Lin and Yi 2011, 2013; Guo, Chi and Silverstein 2011) while arguing that this research has under-examined the strain this places on rural families, emerging conflicts and the potentially negative implications for gender and ageing. A gendered intergenerational lens is adopted to examine how generations experience and interpret these changes in the form and delivery of intergenerational support. The article focuses on the experiences and lives of the older parents, and older women in particular, to address some of the oversights in existing literature.
Citation
Cook, J., & Liu, J. (2016). Can 'distant water ... quench the instant thirst'? The renegotiation of familial support in rural China in the face of extensive out migration. Journal of Aging Studies, 37, 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2016.02.002
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 13, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 16, 2016 |
Publication Date | 2016-04 |
Deposit Date | Mar 3, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 23, 2017 |
Journal | Journal of aging studies |
Print ISSN | 0890-4065 |
Electronic ISSN | 1879-193X |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 37 |
Pages | 29-39 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2016.02.002 |
Keywords | Rural ageing; Rural China; Intergenerational relations; Familial support; Gender; Migration; Modernisation |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/412214 |
Publisher URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089040651530116X |
Additional Information | Authors' accepted manuscript of article published in: Journal of aging studies, 2016, v.37 |
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