Marriage, Gender and Sex in a Contemporary Chinese Village (Paperback)

This book explores changing concepts of marriage and gender relationships and attitudes toward sex in a rural Chinese community over the past five decades. The book is based on a study of an industrialized peasant village in Guangdong Province from 1994 to 1996 and subsequent visits from 2000 to 2002. According to the authors, the rural economic reforms of the 1980s in southern China have challenged and reinforced the deep structure of Chinese familism and this has lead to tensions between tradition and modernity. The first section of the book explores how attitudes toward marriage and courtship have changed over the past fifty years through personal accounts of three different marriages from different generations. In Part II, the transition from a traditional to a modern society is discussed from the perspective of several women from different generations. The third section focuses on sexual relationships and the growing sex trade in the village. Part IV includes updates to the original survey and takes a look at village politics.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2003
First published:	2004
Authors:	Sun-Pong Yuen • Pui-Lam Law • Yuk-Ying Ho • Fong-Ying Yu
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-7656-1254-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General
LSN:	0-7656-1254-2
Barcode:	9780765612540

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