Understanding marriage : a Hong Kong case study /
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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hong Kong [China] :
Hong Kong University Press,
[1995]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of 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.