Chinese Marriages in Transition: From Patriarchy to New Familism

by Jingjing Chen and Xiaoling Shu

Outdated models of Chinese gender roles, marriage, and family transitions portray these changes as streamlined and unidirectional, from traditional to modern, public to private, collective to individual. Chinese Marriages in Transition documents the complex, nuanced, and multidirectional nature of these cultural transformations. Using complex and large-scale historical national data as well as comprehensive data from multiple countries, Xiaoling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978804660
• ISBN13: 9781978804661
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher