Concubines in court : marriage and monogamy in twentieth-century China / / Lisa Tran
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| Autore: |
Tran Lisa <1973->
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| Titolo: |
Concubines in court : marriage and monogamy in twentieth-century China / / Lisa Tran
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.81095105 |
| Soggetto topico: | Concubinage - China - History - 20th century |
| Marriage - China - History - 20th century | |
| Marriage law - China - History - 20th century | |
| Sex and law - China - History - 20th century | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Concubines in court |
| ISBN: | 1-4422-4590-5 |
| 1-4422-4589-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813338703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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