Marriage, gender, and sex in a contemporary Chinese village / Sun-pong Yuen, Pui-lam Law, and Yuk-ying Ho ; translated by Fong-ying Yu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruan, Xinbang.

Contributor:

Luo, Peilin.

Ho, Yuk-ying, 1964-

Standardized Title:

Hun yin, xing bie yu xing. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Women in rural development--China.

Women in rural development.

Marriage--China.

Marriage.

China.

Physical Description:

xiii, 295 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

English language edition.

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2004]

Contents:

Theoretical framework: familism, women's liberation, and autonomy

Baixiu Village: past and present

Finding a partner, love, and marriage

Marriage, familism, and autonomy

The story of Uncle Qiu: the dictates of the parents, the words of the matchmaker

The story of Zhichao: the transition from tradition to modernity

The story of Wang Qiming: a marriage in the 1990s

Tradition, women, and the interpretation of the self

Women in Chinese villages: a review of the research

Wang Guizhen: growing up under the reform and opening-up policy

"A female's need for fulfillment" in the eyes of traditional women

Sex and the sex trade under the reform and opening-up policy

Familial culture, gender relationships, and sexual indulgence

Sex, the sex trade, and extramarital relationships in the eyes of men

Wealth, materialization, and the feminine viewpoint

The paradox of development in Baixiu Village

Reflections on methodology

Epilogue: Baixiu Village at the turn of the century

Baixiu Village at the beginning of the twenty-first century

Rural political reform: the Baixiu Village Committee election.

Notes:

"An East gate book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289) and index.

ISBN:

0765612534

OCLC:

52349188