The binding tie : Chinese intergenerational relations in modern Singapore
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The binding tie : Chinese intergenerational relations in modern Singapore
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The work The binding tie : Chinese intergenerational relations in modern Singapore represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- The binding tie : Chinese intergenerational relations in modern Singapore
- Title remainder
- Chinese intergenerational relations in modern Singapore
- Statement of responsibility
- Kristina Göransson
- Subject
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- Chinese -- Social conditions
- Chinesen
- Chinezen
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse | Elder Abuse
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Conflict Resolution
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Family Relationships
- Familienstruktur
- Familierelaties
- Intergenerational relations
- Intergenerational relations -- Singapore
- Leeftijdsgroepen
- Middenklassen
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- Singapore
- Singapore
- Singapur
- Sozialer Wandel
- Chinese -- Singapore -- Social conditions
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Since gaining independence in 1965, Singapore has become the most trade-intensive economy in the world and the richest country in Southeast Asia. This transformation has been accompanied by the emergence of a deep generational divide. More complex than simple disparities of education or changes in income and consumption patterns, this growing gulf encompasses language, religion, and social memory. The Binding Tie explores how expectations and obligations between generations are being challenged, reworked, and reaffirmed in the face of far-reaching societal change. The family remains a pivotal feature of Singaporean society and the primary unit of support. The author focuses on the middle generation, caught between elderly parents who grew up speaking dialect and their own children who speak English and Mandarin. In analyzing the forces that bind these generations together, she deploys the idea of an intergenerational "contract," which serves as a metaphor for customary obligations and expectations. She convincingly examines the many different levels at which the contract operates within Singaporean families and offers striking examples of the meaningful ways in which intergenerational support and transactions are performed, resisted, and renegotiated. Her rich material, drawn from ethnographic fieldwork among middle-class Chinese, provides insights into the complex interplay of fragmenting and integrating forces. The Binding Tie makes a critical contribution to the study of intergenerational relations in modern, rapidly changing societies and conveys a vivid and nuanced picture of the challenges Singaporean families face in today's hypermodern world. It will be of interest to researchers and students in a range of fields, including anthropology, sociology, Asian studies, demography, development studies, and family studies
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- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
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- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Series statement
- Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, and memory
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