Transformation and Acceptance of Birth and Child-Rearing Culture in Urban Areas of China - Focusing on Domestic Service Workers

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About This Project

Japan Grant Number
JP18K12599 (JGN)
Funding Program
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Funding Organization
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Kakenhi Information

Project/Area Number
18K12599
Research Category
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Allocation Type
  • Multi-year Fund
Review Section / Research Field
  • Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
Research Institution
  • Kyushu University
Project Period (FY)
2018-04-01 〜 2024-03-31
Project Status
Completed
Budget Amount*help
4,160,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 3,200,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 960,000 Yen)

Research Abstract

This study focuses on the postpartum care tradition in China known as "yuezi" and aims to explore a part of the transformation and reconstruction of this tradition through the analysis of the practices of "yue sao" or postpartum caregivers, who are experts in this tradition. The study begins by analyzing the representation and discourse of "scientific yue zi" to clarify the differences between this modern representation and the traditional "yue zi" practice. Next, using the concept of a practice community, it elucidates the formation and implementation of postpartum care practices in the training centers for "yue sao," training hospitals, and their workplaces. Finally, the study examines the transformation of "yue zi" into a qualified, medicalized, early educational, commercialized, and newly created tradition, categorizing these changes into five distinct characteristics for discussion.

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