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Private life under socialism [electronic resource] : love, intimacy, and family change in a Chinese village, 1949-1999 / Yunxiang Yan.

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Main Author: Yan, Yunxiang, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Families > China > Xiajia (Heilongjiang Sheng)
Marriage > China > Xiajia (Heilongjiang Sheng)
Intergenerational relations > China > Xiajia (Heilongjiang Sheng)
Courtship > China > Xiajia (Heilongjiang Sheng)
Communism and families > China > Xiajia (Heilongjiang Sheng)
Xiajia (Heilongjiang Sheng, China) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Xiajia (Heilongjiang Sheng, China) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Communism and families.
Courtship.
Families.
Intergenerational relations.
Manners and customs.
Marriage.
Social conditions.
China > Xiajia (Heilongjiang Sheng)
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction: The Chinese Family and the Study of Private Life
  • 1. Changing Local World: Political Economy, Public Life, and Social Networks
  • 2. Youth Autonomy and Romance in Courtship
  • 3. Sex, Intimacy, and the Language of Love
  • 4. Gender Dynamics and the Triumph of Conjugal Power
  • 5. Domestic Space and the Quest for Privacy
  • 6. Politics of Family Property
  • 7. Elderly Support and the Crisis of Filial Piety
  • 8. Birth Control and the Making of a New Fertility Culture
  • Conclusion: The Socialist State, the Private Family, and the Uncivil Individual.

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