03143nam 2200589 450 991081333870332120151026014930.01-4422-4590-51-4422-4589-1(CKB)3710000000420494(EBL)2064136(OCoLC)910816193(SSID)ssj0001497447(PQKBManifestationID)12638819(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001497447(PQKBWorkID)11513985(PQKB)10930170(MiAaPQ)EBC2064136(EXLCZ)99371000000042049420150617h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConcubines in court marriage and monogamy in twentieth-century China /Lisa TranLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2015.©20151 online resource (244 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Tran, Lisa, 1973- Concubines in court : marriage and monogamy in twentieth-century China. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, c2015 viii, 235 pages 9781442245891 2014046659 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""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 ConcubinageChinaHistory20th centuryMarriageChinaHistory20th centuryMarriage lawChinaHistory20th centurySex and lawChinaHistory20th centuryConcubinageHistoryMarriageHistoryMarriage lawHistorySex and lawHistory306.81095105Tran Lisa1973-1610983MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813338703321Concubines in court3938974UNINA