Subject of Gender

Author Harriet Evans discusses mother-daughter relationships in urban China reflecting on how women make sense of the shifts in practices and representations of gender that frame their lives and how their self-identification as mothers and daughters contributes to the redefinition of those practices. Based on the memories and experiences of educated and professional women of different ages the mother-daughter relationship is discussed through various themes: separation communication domestic/public boundaries male privilege the sexed body reproduction and filial responsibilities.