Private Life under Socialism Love, Intimacy, and Family Change in a Chinese Village, 1949-1999

Name: Private Life under Socialism Love, Intimacy, and Family Change in a Chinese Village, 1949-1999
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ISBN: 9780804744560

ISBN-10: 0804744564

ISBN-13: 9780804744560

Edition: 2003

Authors: Yunxiang Yan

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For seven years in the 1970s, the author lived in a village in northeast China as a farmer. In 1989 he returned as an anthropologist to begin the span of 11 years' fieldwork that has resulted in this work - an account of family change and the transformation of private life in rural China.

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 3/12/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Preface


Introduction: The Chinese Family and the Study of Private Life



The Changing Local World: Political Economy, Public Life, and Social Networks



Youth Autonomy and Romance in Courtship



Sex, Intimacy, and the Language of Love



Gender Dynamics and the Triumph of Conjugal Power



Domestic Space and the Quest for Privacy



The Politics of Family Property



Elderly Support and the Crisis of Filial Piety



Birth Control and the Making of a New Fertility Culture


Conclusion: The Socialist State, the Private Family, and the Uncivil Individual


Character List


Notes


Bibliography


Index