From Cultural Revolution to Childcare Revolution

Raffety, Erin

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“…In another “classic story,” Xi and Yang each complained that their mothers‐in‐law spoiled both their babies and husbands (Raffety 2017). Xi complained that every time her mother‐in‐law came over, she fussed over her husband and let him get away with not doing anything around the house.…”

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When the Ghosts Live in the Nursery: Postpartum Depression and the Grandmother‐Mother‐Baby Triad in Luzhou, China

Mason

2020

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In Luzhou, China, where grandmothers often serve as primary caregivers for infants, the past and the future haunt new mothers suffering from postpartum depression. In this article, I draw upon longitudinal interviews conducted with 10 families in Luzhou as part of a larger multisited ethnography of postpartum depression and anxiety. I argue that the grandmother-mother-baby triad model of infant care in interior urban China accentuates the pain of depressed postpartum mothers by making it difficult for them to rid their homes of the ghosts of past traumas and lost futures. Mothers resent and fear grandmothers even as they rely on them to care for their babies. Memories of trauma, perceived displacement by the grandmother as the mother figure for their babies, and lack of control over their households and children characterize depressed postpartum mothers' experiences. Mothers primarily blame their mothers-in-law for their unhappiness even as they depend on themselves to "self-adjust." [postpartum depression, grandmothers, motherhood, China]

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When the Ghosts Live in the Nursery: Postpartum Depression and the Grandmother‐Mother‐Baby Triad in Luzhou, China

Mason

2020

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From Cultural Revolution to Childcare Revolution

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When the Ghosts Live in the Nursery: Postpartum Depression and the Grandmother‐Mother‐Baby Triad in Luzhou, China

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