The essays in this volume present contemporary anthropological
perspectives on Chinese kinship, its historical complexity and its
modern metamorphoses. The collection draws particular attention to
the reverberations of larger socio-cultural and politico-economic
processes in the formation of sociality, intimate relations, family
histories, reproductive strategies and gender relations - and
vice-versa. Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic material from the
late imperial period and from contemporary Taiwan and the People's
Republic of China, from northern and southern regions as well as
from rural and urban settings, the volume provides unique insights
into the historical and spatial diversities of the Chinese kinship
experience. This emphasis on diversity challenges the classic
'lineage paradigm' of Chinese kinship and establishes a dialogue
with contemporary anthropological debates about human kinship
reflecting on the emergence of radically new family formations in
the Euro-American context. Chinese Kinship will be of interest to
anthropologists and sinologists, as to historians and social
scientists in general.
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