Translocal family reproduction and agrarian change in China: a new analytical framework

This paper advances a new framework for analysing agrarian change in rural China and elsewhere in developing Asia, which centres on translocal family reproduction. The framework highlights the crucial connections between rural families' translocal strategies for meeting reproductive (especially...

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Published in:	The Journal of peasant studies Vol. 45; no. 7; pp. 1341 - 1359
Main Author:	Jacka, Tamara
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Routledge 10-11-2018 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	agrarian change care work Case studies Differentiation Families & family life family reproduction labour migration Migration Rural areas Rural China Rural communities Social classes Social reproduction China
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Summary:	This paper advances a new framework for analysing agrarian change in rural China and elsewhere in developing Asia, which centres on translocal family reproduction. The framework highlights the crucial connections between rural families' translocal strategies for meeting reproductive (especially care) needs, their changing aspirations for reproduction, and other aspects of agrarian change, including de-peasantisation, de-agrarianisation and social differentiation. In developing this framework, the paper refers to a village case study in central China and draws on a critique of the 'livelihoods perspective' on agrarian change, approaches focusing on 'global householding', and the cultural reproduction of class and gender.
ISSN:	0306-6150 1743-9361
DOI:	10.1080/03066150.2017.1314267