Understanding marriage : a Hong Kong case study / Katherine P. H. Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Katherine P. H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--China--Hong Kong--Case studies.

Marriage.

Families--China--Hong Kong--Case studies.

Families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines changes that occur in the marital relationship today. The author concludes that as "affective individualism" is used to characterize modern marriages in the West, "affective familism" is a more appropriate character of marriages among the Chinese in Hong Kong.

Contents:

pt. 1. The Hong Kong marital study

1. Studying marriages in Hong Kong

2. The Hong Kong marital study

3. The couple's descriptions of their relationship

pt. 2. Variations in marriage

4. Classification of types of marriage

5. Variations in the marital experience according to the life cycle

6. Variations in the marital experience according to gender and generational issues

pt. 3. Marital interdependence

7. The transition from traditional to companionship marriages

8. Interdependence in marital relationships

9. Tuning into spousal negotiations

Appendices.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.[191]-200) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-70727-2

9786612707278

988-220-298-5

OCLC:

650853005