Chinese marriages in transition : from patriarchy to new familism /

Outdated models of Chinese gender roles, marriage and family transitions portray these changes as streamlined and unidirectional, from traditional to modern, public to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 the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shu, Xiaoling, 1968- (Author), Chen, Jingjing (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2023].
Series:Politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Second Demographic Transition and Chinese Gender and Family System
  • From Patriarchy to New Familism: The Chinese Gender and Family System
  • Flexible Traditionalism Ideology: Global Comparison and Historical Transformation
  • Changing Patterns of Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, and Fertility
  • New Familism: Changing Gender, Family, Marriage, and Sexual Values
  • Fertility and Divorce: Are Number and Gender of Children Associated with Divorce?
  • Marital Dynamics: Housework, Breadwinning, Decision Making, and Marital Satisfaction
  • Conclusion: Convergence, Contradictions, and Changes in the Future.