published_or_final_version / Chinese Historical Studies / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / Community Medicine / Master / Master of Public Health

published_or_final_version / Politics and Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

published_or_final_version / Asian Studies / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / Literary and Cultural Studies / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

published_or_final_version / Community Medicine / Master / Master of Public Health

by Lo Man-wa. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-102). / Chapter Chapter One --- Female Initiation in Comparative Perspectives --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Rebellion Against Conventional Womanhood: Katherine Anne Porter and Virginia Woolf --- p.11 / Chapter Chapter Three --- Womanhood Redefined: Shen Congwen and Ding Ling --- p.34 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Contemporary Chinese Feminist Writers --- p.66 / Chapter Chapter Five --- Chinese Female Subjectivity Reconsidered --- p.77 / Notes --- p.84 / Works Cited --- p.87

by Jean K.M. Hung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-119). / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II --- METHODOLOGY --- p.7 / Chapter III --- BACKGROUNDS OF THE CASES --- p.10 / Chapter IV --- MOTHERS AND YOUNG DAUGHTERS --- p.23 / Nurturing baby girls --- p.23 / Caring for young daughters --- p.27 / Grandma -- mother's substitute --- p.31 / Attachment of the young daughter to the mother --- p.34 / Are boys superior to girls? --- p.36 / Summary --- p.37 / Chapter V --- MOTHERS AND THEIR ADOLESCENT DAUGHTERS --- p.39 / Socialization of daughters and the expectations between mothers and daughters --- p.39 / Mother's image in the eyes of the daugther --- p.45 / Mother's influence and mother's love --- p.47 / Daughter as mother's assistant --- p.52 / Communication between mother and daughter --- p.54 / Summary --- p.56 / Chapter VI --- MOTHERS AND THEIR MARRIED DAUGHTERS / Mother and her daughter's choice of mate --- p.58 / Financial support of natal family by adult daughter --- p.64 / Mother's role when her daughter becomes a mother --- p.67 / Mother's position in her married daughter's family --- p.69 / Daughter's position in her natal family and the kinship network --- p.72 / Mutual attachment and commitment --- p.74 / Care of sick and aged mother --- p.78 / Marriage gifts and the inheritance of family property --- p.81 / Summary / Chapter VII --- MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONS IN A FAMILY CRISIS --- p.85 / The cases of political crisis --- p.85 / The cases of relationship crisis --- p.90 / Summary --- p.96 / Chapter VIII --- CONCLUSION --- p.98 / Relationships and culture --- p.98 / "Cultural transmission, cultural transformation and the mother-daughter link" --- p.101 / Mother-daughter solidarity and family associateship --- p.104 / ANNEX: Study ones own culture --- p.108 / REFERENCES --- p.111 / (In English) --- p.111 / (In Chinese) --- p.117