Chinese-British Intermarriage

Exploring how people negotiate and reconcile, construct and re-construct their distinctive gender and ethnic identities in a cross-cultural context, Hu examines what happens when two distinct cultures meet at the intimate interface of marriage and family. Chinese-British Intermarriage reveals how gender and ethnic identities intersect in distinctive ways in shaping the lived experiences of intermarried couples. Through the kaleidoscope of first-generation Chinese-British inter-ethnic families in the UK, the book brings together family, gender, migration and ethnic studies, reflecting on ongoing social processes such as individualisation and globalisation.

1. Introduction. - 2. Happy Families Alike? . - 3. Disentangling Gender and Ethnicity in Ethnic Intermarriage. - 4. ' The Chinese Virtue' and ' The Good Old Days' . - 5. The Anatomy of the ' Superwoman' . - 6. The Road Less Travelled: Negotiating Change. - 7. A World Inverted. - 8. Conclusion: Gender and Ethnicity Disentangled.