| Description |
xiii, 295 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"An East gate book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-289) and index. |
| Contents |
Theoretical framework : familism, women's liberation, and autonomy -- Baixiao village : past and present -- Finding a partner, love, and marriage -- Marriage, familism, and autonomy -- The story of uncle Qiu : the dictates of the parents, the words of the matchmaker -- The story of Zhichao : the transition from tradition to modernity -- The story of Qiming : a marriage in the 1990s -- Tradition, women, and the interpretation of the self -- A review of the research into women in Chinese villages -- Wang Guizhen : growing up under the reform and opening-up policy -- "A female's need for fulfillment" in the eyes of traditional women -- Sex and sex trade under the reform and opening-up policy -- Familial culture, gender relationship, and sexual indulgence -- Sex, sex trade, and extra-marital relationship in the eyes of men -- Wealth, materialism, and the feminine viewpoint -- The paradox of the development in Baixiao village -- Reflections on methodology -- Revisit : Baixiao village at the turn of the century -- Baixiao village at the beginning of the twenty-first century -- Rural political reform : Baixiao village committee election. |
| Subject |
Women in rural development -- China.
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Marriage -- China.
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| Added Author |
Luo, Peilin.
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Ho, Yuk-ying, 1964-
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| ISBN |
0765612534 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA3U9764 |
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