Chinese/Asian Culture

Mourning in Different Cultures

Section On: Mourning Rituals in Chinese Culture
Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family
By McGoldrick, M., Almeida R., Hines, P.M., Garcia-Preto, N., Rosen, E., and Lee, E.
Pages 200-204, 1990.

Mourning rituals in Chinese culture are influenced by Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.... Over the last five thousand years, many rituals have evolved to help family members deal with their loss.... Mourning rituals ...have been dramatically curtailed in the past 40 years....Five clinical guidelines are given.

Ethnicity and Women

Section On: Chinese women
Women in Families: A Framework for Family Therapy
By: McGoldrick, M., Garcia-Preto, N., Hines, P.M., and Lee, E.
Pages 181 - 184, 1990.

Throughout history, Chinese women have been victims of oppression, persecution, subjugation, and aggression. In the last few generations, however, their roles have undergone a dramatic transformation from bound-feet concubines to today's assertive, professional career women.

Chinese Mothers

By: Evelyn Lee, Ed.D.

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

Families In Transition (Powerpoint Presentation)

In the last few generations, the roles of Chinese mothers have undergone a dramatic transformation in the Chinese communities in the United States. Many of these changes were the result of complex interactions between cultural, political and sociological factors. In general, Chinese mothers come from one of these types of families: traditional families, transitional families and acculturated families.