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TY - JOUR
T1 - Patriarchal hierarchy?
T2 - Gender, children’s housework time and family structure in post-reform China
AU - Hu, Yang
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Chinese Sociological Review on 22/03/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/21620555.2018.1430508
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Drawing on data from the 2010 China Family Panel Studies, this research investigates the gendered patterns of the time spent by girls and boys on housework in families with distinct structures, with the presence at home or absence from home of the mother, father, elder/younger sister and brother, and male/female extended family members. The results support the theory of gendered domestic labor substitution, as children are seen to “substitute” for the lack and benefit from the surplus of domestic labor resulting from the absence/presence of other male and female family members. The results also depict a neo- patriarchal hierarchy that regulates the complex (re)production of domestic gender inequalities in the Chinese family. Addressing the intersection between the “stalled” and “uneven” domestic gender revolution and the increasing diversity of family forms in post- reform China, this research underlines the importance of mainstreaming children into research on the gendered division of domestic labor.
AB - Drawing on data from the 2010 China Family Panel Studies, this research investigates the gendered patterns of the time spent by girls and boys on housework in families with distinct structures, with the presence at home or absence from home of the mother, father, elder/younger sister and brother, and male/female extended family members. The results support the theory of gendered domestic labor substitution, as children are seen to “substitute” for the lack and benefit from the surplus of domestic labor resulting from the absence/presence of other male and female family members. The results also depict a neo- patriarchal hierarchy that regulates the complex (re)production of domestic gender inequalities in the Chinese family. Addressing the intersection between the “stalled” and “uneven” domestic gender revolution and the increasing diversity of family forms in post- reform China, this research underlines the importance of mainstreaming children into research on the gendered division of domestic labor.
U2 - 10.1080/21620555.2018.1430508
DO - 10.1080/21620555.2018.1430508
M3 - Journal article
VL - 50
SP - 310
EP - 338
JO - Chinese Sociological Review
JF - Chinese Sociological Review
SN - 2162-0555
IS - 3
ER -