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Purpose
To analyse the relationship between China, patriachy, ageing, and social theory grounded in Judith Butler's notion of performativity.
Design/methodology/approach
This is a novel theoretical framework to examine instances of patriachal identities by using China as a case study.
Findings
Performativity, 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/implications
This is a theoretical paper.
Practical implications
It raises questions to relationship of patriachy to understanding Chinese culture.
Originality/value
It is an original paper in that an application of Butler's conceptual tools have bot been applied elsewhere to examining China and ageing.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2006
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