Mate selection in China : causes and consequences in the search for a spouse

In the context of dramatically changing contemporary patterns of mate selection in China, Mate Selection in China focuses upon both the causes and consequences the societal changes which have resulted in a considerable shift in the ways in which young adults go about finding a spouse. Tracking a per...

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Main Authors Blair, Sampson Lee (Author), Madigan, Timothy J. (Author), Fang, Fang (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
Subjects
Mate selection > China.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781787693333
DOI10.1108/9781787693319
Physical Description1 online resource (xvi, 198 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. History of family dynamics and mate selection in China
  • Chapter 2. Economic, political, and social change in China
  • Chapter 3. The one-child policy and demographic transitions
  • Chapter 4. Contemporary dating and mate selection: Parents, peers, and sexual intimacy
  • Chapter 5. Cohabitation and divorce
  • Chapter 6. Fertility and mate selection
  • Chapter 7. Sheng nü - the 'leftover women'
  • Chapter 8. 'Bare branches': Involuntary bachelorhood in China in the 21st century
  • Chapter 9. Aging parents and familial support
  • Chapter 10. Criminal consequences: Prostitution and human trafficking
  • Chapter 11. The future of mate selection.

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