Marriage, gender, and sex in a contemporary Chinese village
By: Sun-pong Yuen, Pui-lam Law, and Yuk-ying Ho, translated by Fong-ying Yu
Contributors: Luo, Peilin, 1957-; Ho, Yuk-ying, 1964-
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Women in rural development; Marriage
Work titles: Hun yin, xing bie yu xing
Notes: "An East gate book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-289) and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical framework: familism, women's liberation, and autonomy; title: Baixiao village: past and present; title: Finding a partner, love, and marriage; title: Marriage, familism, and autonomy; title: The story of uncle Qiu: the dictates of the parents, the words of the matchmaker; title: The story of Zhichao: the transition from tradition to modernity; title: The story of Qiming: a marriage in the 1990s; title: Tradition, women, and the interpretation of the self; title: A review of the research into women in Chinese villages; title: Wang Guizhen: growing up under the reform and opening-up policy; title: "A female's need for fulfillment" in the eyes of traditional women; title: Sex and sex trade under the reform and opening-up policy; title: Familial culture, gender relationship, and sexual indulgence; title: Sex, sex trade, and extra-marital relationship in the eyes of men; title: Wealth, materialism, and the feminine viewpoint; title: The paradox of the development in Baixiao village; title: Reflections on methodology; title: Revisit: Baixiao village at the turn of the century; title: Baixiao village at the beginning of the twenty-first century; title: Rural political reform: Baixiao village committee election.