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Marriage Unbound - State Law, Power, and Inequality in Contemporary China (Hardcover)
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Marriage Unbound - State Law, Power, and Inequality in Contemporary China (Hardcover)
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China after Mao has undergone vast transformations, including
massive rural-to-urban migration, rising divorce rates, and the
steady expansion of the country's legal system. Today, divorce may
appear a private concern, when in fact it is a profoundly political
matter-especially in a national context where marriage was and has
continued to be a key vehicle for nation-state building. Marriage
Unbound focuses on the politics of divorce cases in contemporary
China, following a group of women seeking judicial remedies for
conjugal grievances and disputes. Drawing on extensive archival and
ethnographic data, paired with unprecedented access to rural
Chinese courtrooms, Ke Li presents not only a stirring portrayal of
how these women navigate divorce litigation, but also a uniquely
in-depth account of the modern Chinese legal system. With sensitive
and fluid prose, Li reveals the struggles between the powerful and
the powerless at the front lines of dispute management; the complex
interplay between culture and the state; and insidious statecraft
that far too often sacrifices women's rights and interests.
Ultimately, this book shows how women's legal mobilization and
rights contention can forge new ground for our understanding of
law, politics, and inequality in an authoritarian regime.
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