Chinese Marriage and Social Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chinese Marriage and Social Change write by Max WL Wong. This book was released on 2020-02-10. Chinese Marriage and Social Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides a comparative account of the abolition of concubinage in East Asia, offering a new perspective and revised analysis of the factors leading to – and the debates surrounding – the introduction of a new Marriage Reform Ordinance in Hong Kong in 1971. It uses this law as a platform to examine how the existence of concubinage – long preserved in the name of protecting Chinese traditions and customs — crucially influenced family law reforms, which were in response to a perceived need to create a ‘modern’ marriage system within Hong Kong’s Chinese community after the Second World War. This was, by and large, the result of continued pressure from within Hong Kong and from Britain to bring Hong Kong’s marriage system in line with international marriage treaties. It represented one of the last significant intrusions of colonial law into the private sphere of Hong Kong social life, eliminating Chinese customs which had been previously recognised by the colonial legal system’s family law. This book contextualizes the Hong Kong situation by examining judicial cases interpreting Chinese customs and the Great Qing Code, offering a comprehensive understanding of the Hong Kong situation in relation to the status of concubines in Republican China and other East Asian jurisdictions. It will be of particular interest to teachers and students of law, as well as researchers in gender studies, post-colonialism, sociology and cultural studies.
Women, Family and the Chinese Socialist State, 1950-2010
Women, Family and the Chinese Socialist State, 1950-2010 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women, Family and the Chinese Socialist State, 1950-2010 write by Xiaofei Kang. This book was released on 2019-11-11. Women, Family and the Chinese Socialist State, 1950-2010 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A rare window for the English speaking world to learn how scholars in China understand and interpret central issues pertaining to women and family from the founding of the People’s Republic to the reform era.
The Politics of Marriage in Contemporary China
The Politics of Marriage in Contemporary China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Marriage in Contemporary China write by Elisabeth Croll. This book was released on 1981-02-12. The Politics of Marriage in Contemporary China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dr Elisabeth Croll examines the institute of marriage in the People's Republic of China.
Family Life in China
Family Life in China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Family Life in China write by William R. Jankowiak. This book was released on 2016-11-28. Family Life in China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The family has long been viewed as both a microcosm of the state and a barometer of social change in China. It is no surprise, therefore, that the dramatic changes experienced by Chinese society over the past century have produced a wide array of new family systems. Where a widely accepted Confucian-based ideology once offered a standard framework for family life, current ideas offer no such uniformity. Ties of affection rather than duty have become prominent in determining what individuals feel they owe to their spouses, parents, children, and others. Chinese millennials, facing a world of opportunities and, at the same time, feeling a sense of heavy obligation, are reshaping patterns of courtship, marriage, and filiality in ways that were not foreseen by their parents nor by the authorities of the Chinese state. Those whose roots are in the countryside but who have left their homes to seek opportunity and adventure in the city face particular pressures as do the children and elders they have left behind. The authors explore this diversity focusing on rural vs. urban differences, regionalism, and ethnic diversity within China. Family Life in China presents new perspectives on what the current changes in this institution imply for a rapidly changing society.
The Individualization of Chinese Society
The Individualization of Chinese Society - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Individualization of Chinese Society write by Yunxiang Yan. This book was released on 2020-08-19. The Individualization of Chinese Society available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chinese society has seen phenomenal change in the last 30 years. Two of the most profound changes have been the rise of the individual in both public and private spheres and the consequent individualization of Chinese society itself. Yet, despite China's recent dramatic entrance into global politics and economics, neither of these significant shifts has been fully analysed. China may indeed present an alternative model of social transformation in the age of globalisation - so its path to development may have particular implications for the developing world.The Individualization of Chinese Society reveals how individual agency has been on the rise since the 1970s and how this has impacted on everyday life and Chinese society more broadly. The book presents a wide range of detailed case studies - on the impact of economic policy, patterns of kinship, changes in marriage relations and the socio-economic position of women, the development of youth culture, the politics of consumerism, and shifting power relations in everyday life.
