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Wives, husbands, and lovers : marriage and sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and urban China / edited by Deborah S. Davis and Sara K. Friedman.

Other author/creatorDavis, Deborah, 1945-
Other author/creatorFriedman, Sara.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Contents De-institutionalizing marriage and sexuality / Deborah S. Davis and Sara L. Friedman -- On the limits of personal autonomy : PRC law and the institution of marriage / Deborah S. Davis -- Love, sex and commitment : delinking premarital intimacy from marriage in urban China / James Farrer -- (Re)emergence of late marriage in Shanghai : from collective synchronization to individual choice / Cai Yong and Wang Feng -- "When are you going to get married?" : parental matchmaking and middle-class women in contemporary urban China / Jun Zhang and Peidong Sun -- Continuities and changes : five decades of marital experiences in Hong Kong / Kwok-fai Ting -- An embarrassment of riches : good men behaving badly in Hong Kong / Petula Sik Ying Ho -- Marriage rights for transgender people in Hong Kong : reading the "W" case / John Nguyet Erni -- The alternative futures of marriage : a socio-legal analysis of family law reform in Taiwan / Grace Shu-chin Kuo -- Change and continuity in the experience of marriage in Taiwan / Ruoh-rong Yu and Yu-sheng Liu -- Staying in marriage across the Taiwan Strait : gender, migration, and transnational family / Hsiu-hua Shen -- Marital borders : gender, population, and sovereignty across the Taiwan Strait / Sara L. Friedman.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013043604
ISBN9780804790628 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804791847 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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