BIO

Teresa Kuan is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Kuan was originally trained as a medical anthropologist under the supervision of Cheryl Mattingly in the anthropology department at the University of Southern California. She has since then taken interest in psychological expertise as a cultural phenomenon. In her forthcoming book, Love’s Uncertainty: The Politics and Ethics of Childrearing in Contemporary China, she examines the emergence of the idea of the “psychological child” – its influence and its limits – in relation to popular childrearing advice, the “suzhi jiaoyu” education reform movement, and the politics of population quality. She is currently developing a new project on the localization of family therapy in mainland China.

Kuan, Teresa
Department of Anthropology
New Asia College
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sha Tin, NT.
Hong Kong, SAR
email: tkuan@cuhk.edu.hk