Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

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

By: Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.Description: xvi, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0804733090 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780804733090 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804744564 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780804744560 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.8/0951/84 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ684.Z9 X539 2003
Contents:
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 makin of a new fertility culture -- Conclusion: the Socialist state, the private family, and the uncivil individual.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks HQ684.Z9 X539 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available TBC00009269
Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks HQ684.Z9 X539 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available TBC00009270
Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks HQ684.Z9 X539 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.3 Available TBC00009267

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-281) and index.

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 makin of a new fertility culture -- Conclusion: the Socialist state, the private family, and the uncivil individual.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.