Book Talk: Leftover Women in China
Date & Time: April 17, 2025 (Thursday) 12:30-13:30
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, The University of Hong Kong
Language: English
(In-person event)
Abstract:
Leftover Women in China offers an intimate empirical and theoretical analysis of the lived experience and legal consciousness of China’s “leftover women,” women who remain unmarried in their late twenties and beyond. Drawing on in-depth interviews and focus groups, Qian Liu examines how leftover women deal with parental and social pressure, as well as the restriction of their right to have children outside of heterosexual marriage. Sensitively exploring the distinctive patterns of parent-child interactions in Chinese families, Liu invites readers to understand leftover women’s observance, evasion, and manipulation of the law in the context of intergenerational relationships and obligations.
Speaker:
Dr. Qian Liu is Assistant Professor of Law and Society in the Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Canada. Her research has examined legal consciousness in Asian and Canadian societies, Asian Canadians in the legal profession, Chinese family relations, and dispute resolution among Chinese immigrants. Her book, Leftover Women in China: Understanding Legal Consciousness through Intergenerational Relationships, is scheduled for publication in August 2025 by the University of California Press.
Chair:
Professor Sida Liu is Professor and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law at The University of Hong Kong.
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