Secrets and siblings

No cover — Mari Manninen: Secrets and siblings (Hardcover, 2019, Zed Books Ltd/FILI)

vi, 215 sivua ; 22 cm, 215 pages

English language

Published 2019 by Zed Books Ltd/FILI.

(1 review)

"Thirty-two years ago Mrs. Li and Mr. Wu from Zhejiang abandoned their second baby daughter at a marketplace. Mrs. Wang Maochen from Beijing has seven children, but six of them are illegal so they could not go to university, could not take a job, go to the doctor, or marry, or even buy a train ticket. Zhao Min from Guangzhou first learned about the concept of a sibling at university, in her town there were no sisters or brothers. With the Chinese government now adapting to a two-child policy, Secrets and Siblings outlines the scale of its tragic consequences, showing how Chinese family and society has been forever changed. In doing so it also challenges many of our misconceptions about family life in China, arguing that it is the state, rather than popular prejudice, that has hindered the adoption of girls within China. At once brutal and beautifully hopeful, Secrets …

"Thirty-two years ago Mrs. Li and Mr. Wu from Zhejiang abandoned their second baby daughter at a marketplace. Mrs. Wang Maochen from Beijing has seven children, but six of them are illegal so they could not go to university, could not take a job, go to the doctor, or marry, or even buy a train ticket. Zhao Min from Guangzhou first learned about the concept of a sibling at university, in her town there were no sisters or brothers. With the Chinese government now adapting to a two-child policy, Secrets and Siblings outlines the scale of its tragic consequences, showing how Chinese family and society has been forever changed. In doing so it also challenges many of our misconceptions about family life in China, arguing that it is the state, rather than popular prejudice, that has hindered the adoption of girls within China. At once brutal and beautifully hopeful, Secrets and Siblings asks what the state and its children will do now that they are becoming adults." --

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jokususa reviewed Yhden lapsen kansa by Mari Manninen

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4 stars

Olen lukenut Xinranin teoksen ([b:Kiinan kadotetut tyttäret|17209892|Kiinan kadotetut tyttäret|Xinran|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1358515687s/17209892.jpg|6817488] ), joka kertoo pitkälti samasta aiheesta, joten pohdin pitkään viitsinkö lukea toista hyvin samantyyppistä. En kuitenkaan katunut. Sanoisin, että Mannisen teos tuo esiin hyvin yhden lapsen politiikan monet vaikutukset.

Mari Mannisen kirja Yhden lapsen kansa on Finlandia-palkintonsa ansainnut, vaikka toisaalta olen lukenut 2016 ehdokkaista vain Kimmo Ohtosen (nyk. Ohtonheimo) Karhun, jolle annoin saman tähtimäärän. [b:Karhu – voimaeläin|29475336|Karhu – voimaeläin|Kimmo Ohtonen|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1477928618s/29475336.jpg|49754018] on pysäyttävä teos omakohtaisuudellaan ja visuaalisuudellaan, mutta Mari Mannisella on annettavanaan tarinoita paljon suuremmista kuvioista.

Kirja oli ihastuttavan sujuva lukukokemus, eikä karuilla kohtaloilla mässäillä. Osa aiheista jäi kuitenkin vaille tarkempaa tarkastelua. Olisi voinut lukea enemmänkin.

Subjects

arvot (käsitykset)
historia.
lapsipolitiikka.
perheet.
perhepolitiikka.
sukupuoli.
sukupuolisyrjintä.
syntyvyyden säännöstely.
tytöt.
väestöpolitiikka.
yhteiskuntajärjestelmät.
barnpolitik.
familjer.
familjepolitik.
kön.
könsdiskriminering.
födelsekontroll.
flickor.
befolkningspolitik.
samhällssystem.
värderingar (uppfattningar)
Kiina.
Kina.