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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797253603321

Autore

Tran Lisa <1973->

Titolo

Concubines in court : marriage and monogamy in twentieth-century China / / Lisa Tran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-4590-5

1-4422-4589-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

306.81095105

Soggetti

Concubinage - China - History - 20th century

Marriage - China - History - 20th century

Marriage law - China - History - 20th century

Sex and law - China - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Concubinage as Legal and Social History""; ""2 Concubinage under Early Republican Law""; ""3 Concubinage under GMD Law""; ""4 The Benefits of Household Membership under Early Republican and GMD Law""; ""5 Severance and Support under Early Republican and GMD Law""; ""6 The Line between Marriage and Concubinage in Early Republican and GMD Law""; ""7 The Unintended Recognition of Concubinage as Bigamy under GMD Law""; ""8 Concubinage under CCP Law""; ""9 The Handling of Concubinage Cases under CCP Law""; ""10 Conclusion""; ""Character List""; ""References""

""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This groundbreaking book analyzes marriage and family reform in twentieth-century China. Lisa Tran's examination of changes in the perception of concubinage explores the subtle, yet very meaningful, shifts in the construction of monogamy in contemporary China. Equally important is her use of court cases to assess how these shifts affected legal and social practice. Tran argues that this dramatic story has often been overlooked, leading to the mistaken conclusion that concubinage



remained largely unchanged or quietly disappeared in "modern" China. Customarily viewed as a minor wife because her