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Understanding Home in the Chinese Cultural Context: Insights From Postnatal Women's ‘Doing the Month’

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  • Yuancheng Lin
  • Min Wang
  • Xiaoxin Chen
  • Canwen Chen

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We use several research tools, such as observations, interviews and textual analysis, to assess the experience of ‘doing the month’ in Yuezi Clubs with the aim of deepening understanding of the Chinese ‘home’. Analysis of data from three Yuezi Clubs in Guangzhou reveals that the traditional ‘doing the month’ exacerbates intergenerational and regional customary conflicts in modern Chinese families. However, the emergence of the Yuezi Club was a timely invention that has averted such conflicts. We find that Yuezi Clubs strengthen nuclear family bonds. This paper extends the role of capital in shaping the Chinese home, including the social construction. Our findings uncover specific cultural practices in Chinese homes and expand Marxist theory in furthering understanding of Chinese homes.

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  • Yuancheng Lin & Min Wang & Xiaoxin Chen & Canwen Chen, 2021. "Understanding Home in the Chinese Cultural Context: Insights From Postnatal Women's ‘Doing the Month’," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 112(5), pages 536-548, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:112:y:2021:i:5:p:536-548
    DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12479
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