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Family Change and the Concept of Motherhood in China

RACHEL T. HARE-MUSTIN

Harvard University

SHARON E. HARE

University of California, Los Angeles

This study considers family development and attitudes toward motherhood in light of changing roles of women in China. The effects of revolutionary events and government policies on marriage and the traditional family are presented based on interviews conducted in China and a review of the literature. Attitudes toward motherhood were investigated using a method adapted from linguistics with 80 subjects that generated a lexicon to describe "mother." Motherhood was not romanticized, but certain familiar themes found in comparable research in the United States were frequent, such as hard work, sacrificing, and caring. Two distincive themes were the mother as teacher and model and the attribute of courage. Comparisons of mothers and fathers as well as the importance of food management are discussed. Chinese still regard the family as the mainstay of society, and the mother is seen as being at the core of the family.

Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 7, No. 1, 67-82 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/019251386007001005
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