Marriage, Gender and Sex in a Contemporary Chinese Village

Studies on Contemporary China (M.E. Sharpe)

by Sun-pong Yuen, Pui-lam Law, Yuk-Ying Ho

Yuen, Law, and Ho (all applied social sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic U.) report on research conducted from 1993 to 2002 along the Pearl River Delta. The text explores the changing concepts about marriage and gender relationships, and attitudes toward sex among Chinese of different cohorts over the past 50 years. It also examines the tension between tradition and modernity against the economic modernization in the southern rural society of China. This English edition expands on the original Chinese edition of the text (Global Publishing Co. Inc., 1998), with the addition of two new chapters updating developments in the Delta area at the turn of the millennium. Translated by Fong-ying Yu (Chinese and bilingual studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic U.). Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

336 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2004