Wives, Husbands, and Lovers [[electronic resource] ] : Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Urban China

• Autore: Davis Deborah
• Pubblicazione: Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.810951
• Soggetto topico: Marriage - China; Marriage - Hong Kong - China; Marriage - Taiwan; Sex - China; Sex - China - Hong Kong; Sex - Taiwan
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: FriedmanSara
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- 1 Deinstitutionalizing Marriage and Sexuality -- PART I. MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA -- 2 On the Limits of Personal Autonomy: PRC Law and the Institution of Marriage -- 3 Love, Sex, and Commitment: Delinking Premarital Intimacy from Marriage in Urban China -- 4 (Re)emergence of Late Marriage in Shanghai: From Collective Synchronization to Individual Choice -- 5 “When Are You Going to Get Married?” Parental Matchmaking and Middle-Class Women in Contemporary Urban China -- PART II. MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY IN HONG KONG -- 6 Continuities and Changes: Five Decades of Marital Experiences in Hong Kong -- 7 An Embarrassment of Riches: Good Men Behaving Badly in Hong Kong -- 8 Marriage Rights for Transgender People in Hong Kong: Reading the W Case -- PART III. MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY IN TAIWAN -- 9 The Alternative Futures of Marriage: A Sociolegal Analysis of Family Law Reform in Taiwan -- 10 Change and Continuity in the Experience of Marriage in Taiwan -- 11 Staying in Marriage across the Taiwan Strait: Gender, Migration, and Transnational Family -- 12 Marital Borders: Gender, Population, and Sovereignty across the Taiwan Strait -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What is the state of intimate romantic relationships and marriage in urban China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan? Since the 1980's, the character of intimate life in these urban settings has changed dramatically. While many speculate about the 21st century as Asia's century, this book turns to the more intimate territory of sexuality and marriage-and observes the unprecedented changes in the law and popular expectations for romantic bonds and the creation of new families. Wives, Husbands, and Lovers examines how sexual relationships and marriage are perceived and practiced under new developments within
• Titolo autorizzato: Wives, Husbands, and Lovers
• ISBN: 0-8047-9185-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464824703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II