Dedication ; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Introduction: Chinese Fatherhood Revisited; The Controversy of ``New Fatherhood;́́ Researching Fatherhood; Paternal Involvement; The Masculine Construction of Fatherhood; Traditional Chinese Fatherhood and Family; Contemporary Chinese Fatherhood; Aim of the Book; Theoretical Framework; Structure/Agency; Gendered Habitus and Reflexivity; Structure and Agency in Chinese Fatherhood; Hegemony of Men; Methodology of the Study; Structure of the Book; Bibliography; 2: From Control to Care: Historicizing Family and Fatherhood in Hong Kong

The Cultural Notion of Chinese FamilyFatherhood in Traditional Chinese Culture; Historicizing Family and Fathers in Hong Kong; Early Colonial Period: Nineteenth Century; Pre- and Post-Second World War: Early Twentieth Century; Economic Boom: 1970s and 1980s; Changing Gender Scene? 1990s and Onwards; Gender-Insensitive Family Policy; Fatherhood in Hong Kong Today; Menś Movement in the Family Context; Conclusion: New Wine in Old Bottles; Bibliography; 3: Power of Invisible Care; Economic Provision as Masculine Achievement; Care of the Family

Socio-Economic and Class Factor on Economic ProvisionEconomic Provision as Taken-for-granted Privilege; Habitus and Reflexivity in Crisis Situations; Conclusion; Bibliography; 4: Cultural Parent; Ideology of Education in Chinese Fatherhood; Father as the Cultural Parent; Education in Practice; Developing Childrenś Academic and Intellectual Abilities; Cultivating Desirable Values; Challenge to Paternal Authority; Conclusion; Bibliography; 5: Marrying Masculine Responsibility; Marriage as the Legitimate Path to Fatherhood; Divorce as Stigma; Enduring an Extramarital Affair

Marital Relations as a Gendered ResponsibilityChild-centred Fatherhood; Conclusion; Bibliography; 6: Rethinking Chinese Fatherhood; Hegemony of Men as Fathers; Structural Thinking; Reflexivity in Crisis; Rethinking Fatherhood, Reconsidering Family; Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.