Shen, Yang (2014) Book review: leftover women: the resurgence of genderinequality in China by Leta Hong Fincher. LSE Review of Books (14 Apr 2014). Website.
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Abstract
In this new book, Leta Hong Fincher argues that a discourse around young, unmarried ‘leftover women’ in China is propagated through state media news reports and television shows to mask the persisting sex ratio imbalance in the country and to encourage well-educated women to marry and have children sooner. Yang Shen believes that Fincher should be applauded for bringing together the under-theorised themes of women’s property rights, the rights of LGBT groups, and domestic abuse. A thought-provoking book, although some arguments are weakened by insufficient evidence and untrustworthy sources.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 The Author |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2014 13:42 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 19:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/57414 |
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