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Core Perspectives and Theoretical Framework Underpinning Chinese Daughters’ Support and Care of Elderly Parents

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In this chapter, the core perspectives and theoretical framework guiding this research are introduced, and drawing on the literature, a heuristic framework is proposed within which the research questions are addressed. The chapter begins by discussing symbolic interactionism and then turns to the key analytic concepts and how they have evolved, assessing the motivations for caregiving from both the Asian and Western perspectives. A review of the different ways governments have manipulated the support and care discourse through social engineering and legislation is followed by limitations on caregiving motivation. Thereafter, Arlie Hochschild’s (The managed heart: commercialization of human feeling. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1983) theory of emotion work is presented to explain how daughters accommodate the competing demands and inherent contradictions of professional employment and family responsibilities and resolve inner conflicts over parent care.

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Notes

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    The concept of “Face” in the Asian culture is roughly equivalent to self-respect, or respect for and from others. Embarrassment (loss of Face) is something to be avoided at all costs.

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    There are conditions to this. The dependent must reside in Singapore; at least S$2000 must have been spent on the dependent’s upkeep; the dependent’s income is less than S$4000; and the dependent is at least 55 years of age.

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O’Neill, P. (2018). Core Perspectives and Theoretical Framework Underpinning Chinese Daughters’ Support and Care of Elderly Parents. In: Urban Chinese Daughters. St Antony's Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8699-1_3

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