Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xxiii
6. Language and Orthography xxvii
7. Naming Conventions xxxi
8. Introduction: Building Families in an Age of Transition 1
9. Chapter 1. Harmony Cave Families: Transition to the Twenty-First Century 25
10. Chapter 2. Love and Marriage: The Challenge of Scientific Birth Planning 66
11. Chapter 3. Women and Childbirth: The Ambiguities of High-Tech Medicalization 98
12. Chapter 4. Grandparents and Labor Migration: Technologies of Multiple Mothering 128
13. Chapter 5. Flush Toilets: The Politics of Material Civilization 152
14. Chapter 6. Popular Religion: Technologies of Ethical Imagination 174
15. Glossary of Chinese Terms 207
16. Notes 213
17. References 229
18. Index 265