1 INTRODUCTION
Book Overview: Orientation towards the Self
International and National Population Ageing
Chinese People and Ageing in New Zealand
Policy Responses to Ageing and Ethnic Issues in New
Zealand
2 THEORETICAL ORIENTATION: SYMBOLIC
INTERACTIONISM AND THE SELF
Basic Tenets of Symbolic Interactionism
The Self and Identities
The Cobweb Chinese Self
Self and Acculturation
Social and Ethnic Identities
Tying Strands into a Richer Understanding of the Self
3 LITERATURE REVIEW: FILIAL PIETY AND AGEING IN
PLACE
Filial Piety
Ageing in Place
Putting Ideas Expressed in this Chapter into Action
4 METHODOLOGY
The Narrative Approach
Chinese Narratives and the Episodic Interview
Fangtan: A Chinese Narrative Interview Technique
Participants
Research Processes
Analyses
Quality of Narrative Data
5 HOME MAKING IN A NEW LAND
Biographical Disruption and Status-discrepancy
Responding to Biographical Disruption through Gardening
Responding to Status-discrepancy through Art-making
Relational Dimensions of Domestic Space Attachments
Summary
6 MATERIAL-MEDIATED ACCULTURATION
Observational Acculturation
Familial Acculturation
Participatory Acculturation
Chinese Media Acculturation
Religious and Spiritual Acculturation
Summary
7 CHANGING PRACTICES OF FILIAL PIETY
Living Arrangements
Support to Parents
Respecting Parents
Children''s Achievements
Ancestral Worship
Gender Norms
Summary
8 POSITIVE AGEING IN A NEW PLACE
Affordable and Stable Public Housing
Building Safe Neighbourhoods
Engaging in Local Communities
Hybridised Transnational Communities
Spaces for Care
Summary
9 DISCUSSION
Integrating Key Findings
A culturally patterned narrative Approach
Policy Implications
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