Marriage, Gender and Sex in a Contemporary Chinese Village

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Cover of the book Marriage, Gender and Sex in a Contemporary Chinese Village by Sun-Pong Yuen, Pui-Lam Law, Yuk-Ying Ho, Fong-Ying Yu, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Sun-Pong Yuen, Pui-Lam Law, Yuk-Ying Ho, Fong-Ying Yu ISBN: 9781317465072
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: July 17, 2015
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Sun-Pong Yuen, Pui-Lam Law, Yuk-Ying Ho, Fong-Ying Yu
ISBN: 9781317465072
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: July 17, 2015
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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.

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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.

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