Chinese marriages in transition from patriarchy to new familism
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, Rema...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey
Rutgers University Press
2023
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| Schriftenreihe: | Politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts
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Marriage
> History
> Families
> China
> Social conditions
> Ehe
> Familienstruktur
> Sozialer Wandel
> Geschichte 2000-
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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. "Outdated models of Chinese gender roles, marriage, and family transitions portray these changes as streamlined and unidirectional, from traditional to modern, public to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 Shu and Jingjing Chen demonstrate that, while the second demographic transition is unfolding in many advanced Western societies, it is not necessarily a normative form of societal transition. Working instead from a framework of "new familism," Shu and Chen show that Chinese new familism consists of both old and new values, including the persistence of some traditional beliefs and practices, accompanied by a transition to modern perceptions of gender, and adaption to some modern forms of family formation"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | x, 231 Seiten Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9781978804661 978-1-9788-0466-1 9781978804678 978-1-9788-0467-8 |