| Description |
295 pages |
| Note |
Translated from the Chinese. |
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"An East gate book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Theoretical framework: familism, women's liberation, and autonomy -- Baixiao 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 Qiming: a marriage in the 1990s -- Tradition, women, and the interpretation of the self -- A review of the research into women in Chinese villages -- 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 sex trade under the reform and opening-up policy -- Familial culture, gender relationship, and sexual indulgence -- Sex, sex trade, and extra-marital relationship in the eyes of men -- Wealth, materialism, and the feminine viewpoint -- The paradox of the development in Baixiao village -- Reflections on methodology -- Revisit: Baixiao village at the turn of the century -- Baixiao village at the beginning of the twenty-first century -- Rural political reform: Baixiao village committee election. |
| Subject |
Women in rural development -- China.
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Women in rural development. |
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China. |
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Marriage -- China.
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Marriage. |
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Marriage. |
| Added Author |
Luo, Peilin.
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Ho, Yuk-ying, 1964-
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| Added Title |
Hun yin, xing bie yu xing. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003066485
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| ISBN |
0765612542 |
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0765612534 |
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