Unpacking performativity: a case study of patriarchy and the elderly in China

Emerald - 2006
JasonPowell1, Ian G.Cook2
1University of Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
2School of Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

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PurposeTo analyse the relationship between China, patriachy, ageing, and social theory grounded in Judith Butler's notion of performativity.Design/methodology/approachThis is a novel theoretical framework to examine instances of patriachal identities by using China as a case study.FindingsPerformativity, we suggest, offers productive insights into the processes of subjection and the nature of power relations that may be usefully incorporated into studies of the elderly in China.Research limitations/implicationsThis is a theoretical paper.Practical implicationsIt raises questions to relationship of patriachy to understanding Chinese culture.Originality/valueIt is an original paper in that an application of Butler's conceptual tools have bot been applied elsewhere to examining China and ageing.

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