Chinese Marriages in Transition
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Chinese Marriages in Transition

From Patriarchy to New Familism

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eBook - ePub

Chinese Marriages in Transition

From Patriarchy to New Familism

About this book

Outdated models of Chinese gender roles, marriage, and family transitions portray these changes as streamlined and unidirectional, from traditional to modern, public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

This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)— a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of the University of California, Davis. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: openmonographs.org.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Series Foreword
  9. Half Title
  10. 1. Introduction: The Second Demographic Transition and the Chinese Gender and Family System
  11. 2. From Patriarchy to New Familism: The Chinese Gender and Family System
  12. 3. Flexible Traditionalism Ideology: Global Comparison and Historical Transformation
  13. 4. Changing Patterns of Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, and Fertility
  14. 5. New Familism: Changing Gender, Family, Marriage, and Sexual Values
  15. 6. Fertility and Divorce: Are Number and Gender of Children Associated with Divorce?
  16. 7. Marital Dynamics: Housework, Breadwinning, Decision-Making, and Marital Satisfaction
  17. 8. Conclusion: Convergence, Contradictions, and Changes in the Future
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Notes
  20. References
  21. Index
  22. About the Author
  23. Series List