Under the Shadow of the Collective Good
An Ethnographic Analysis of Fertility Control in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang Province, China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6007874 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hua Han (0000-0002-0567-4210, University of Washington, corresponding author), Hua Han Hua Han (University of Washington) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 320-348 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-7004 • E-ISSN: 1552-6836 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0097700407301480 |
| OpenAlex | W2037993098 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 15 |
Before the government instituted birth control policies, did Chinese families deliberately control birth and fertility? Some scholars believe that natural fertility was indeed a fact in Chinese population history; others argue that the Chinese controlled their fertility by such positive checks as late fertility onset, early stopping of reproduction, and long intervals between births. This article joins the debate by providing ethnographic data collected in Xiaoshan, Zhejiang, in 2002. The ethnographic case studies show that deliberate fertility limitation did exist in both rural and urban communities in Xiaoshan. In addition, the article challenges the assumption that Chinese fertility was shaped by collective control rather than individual interests. On the contrary, it demonstrates that the agency of individuals, particularly of women, was often the driving force in family reproduction
Agency (philosophy · Biology · Birth control · Control (management · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political science · Population · Reproduction · Research methodology · Shadow (psychology · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Psychology
Theory of fertility decline
Urban life in contemporary China
Daughters of the Canton Delta
Women and the Family in Rural Taiwan
The Peasant Family and Rural Development in the Yangzi Delta, 1350-1988
Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953
On the Holes in Chinese Genealogies
The Origins of the Chinese Fertility Decline
The Interpretation of Cultures
Sexuality and Uxorilocal Marriage in Rural North China
Child Survival
Is There Evidence of Birth Control in Late Imperial China
Fertility As Mobility
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2011 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |