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Arranged Companions - Marriage and Intimacy in Qing China (Paperback)
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Arranged Companions - Marriage and Intimacy in Qing China (Paperback)
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Although commonly associated with patriarchal oppression, arranged
marriages have adapted over the centuries to changing cultural
norms and the lived experiences of men and women. In Arranged
Companions, historian Weijing Lu chronicles how marital behaviors
during the early and High Qing (mid-seventeenth through
mid-nineteenth centuries) were informed by rich and complex
traditions and mediated by the historical conditions of the period,
during which marital affection was celebrated as a basic ingredient
of an ideal marriage. Lu finds public representation and private
communication of marital affection in personal records, including
poetry, biographies, letters, and memoirs. During this unique
historical moment, ideals of marital companionship and love came to
fruition while social changes also created new tensions for couples
and extended families. Offering surprising revelations about
conjugal relations during this time of change, Arranged Companions
raises provocative questions about the cultural construction of
intimacy and the meaning of a "happy marriage."
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