Revolutionizing the family : politics, love, and divorce in urban and rural China, 1949-1968 /

In contrast to previous studies of the Marriage Law in China between 1949 and 1968, this text argues that the law reshaped marriage and family relationships in significant - but often unintended - ways throughout the Maoist period.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diamant, Neil J., 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
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Table of Contents:
  • The state and the family in urban China: Beijing and Shanghai, 1950-1953
  • Between "urban" and "rural": family reform in the Beijing and Shanghai suburbs, 1950-1953
  • Family reform in the southwest frontier, 1950-1953
  • The politics and culture of divorce and marriage in urban China, 1954-1966
  • The family in flux: family and personal relationships in rural areas, 1954-1966
  • The conservative backlash: politics, sex, and the family in the cultural revolution, 1966-1968.