Revolutionizing the Family : Politics, Love, and Divorce in Urban and Rural China, 1949-1968
In contrast to previous studies of the Marriage Law in China between 1949 and 1968, this text argues that the law reshaped marriage and family relationships in significant - but often unintended - ways throughout the Maoist period
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2000
Berkeley : ©2000 |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminaries; CONTENTS; List of Mpas Tables and Figures; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The State and the Family in Urban China; 3. Between ""Urban"" and ""Rural""; 4. Family Reform in the Southwest Frontier, 1950 Ð1953; 5. The Politics and Culture of Divorce and Marriage in Urban China; 6. The Family in Flux: Family and Personal Relationships in Rural Areas; 7. The Conservative Backlash; 8. Conclusion; Afterword; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- The state and the family in urban China: Beijing and Shanghai, 1950-1953
- Between "urban" and "rural": family reform in the Beijing and Shanghai suburbs, 1950-1953
- Family reform in the southwest frontier, 1950-1953
- The politics and culture of divorce and marriage in urban China, 1954-1966
- The family in flux: family and personal relationships in rural areas, 1954-1966
- The conservative backlash: politics, sex, and the family in the cultural revolution, 1966-1968