Bibliograph

Leftover in China, the women shaping the world's next superpower, Roseann Lake

Type

Label

Leftover in China, the women shaping the world's next superpower, Roseann Lake

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Leftover in China

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

988276279

Responsibility statement

Roseann Lake

Sub title

the women shaping the world's next superpower

Summary

Forty years ago, China enacted the one-child policy, only recently relaxed. Among many other unintended consequences, it resulted in both an enormous gender imbalance-- a predicted twenty million more men than women of marriage age by 2020-- and China's first generations of only-daughters. Enough of these women have decided to postpone marriage-- or not marry at all-- to spawn a label: "leftovers." Part critique of China's paternalistic ideals, part playful portrait of the romantic travails of China's trailblazing women and their well-meaning parents who are anxious to see their daughters snuggled into traditional wedlock, Lake's book focuses on the lives of four individual women to show how these women are the linchpin to China's future

Table Of Contents

Ultrasound checks and imbalances -- "Golden turtles" -- Doors and windows -- Marriage and mortarboards -- Chickens and ducks -- Freedom and submission -- Higher callings -- Love, with Chinese characteristics -- Cars, houses, cash -- East meets West -- Bamboo ceilings -- The way forward -- Epilogue : new beginnings to happy endings

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