Visions of marriage politics and family on Kinmen, 1920-2020
"Grounded in multi-generational stories from Kinmen in Taiwan, Visions of Marriage explores the historical entanglements between the pursuit of new personal and national futures. Focusing on the relational and future-making aspects of marriage, the ethnography highlights the intersection of tra...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Berghahn Books
2023, 2023
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| Series: | Asian anthropologies
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Grounded in multi-generational stories from Kinmen in Taiwan, Visions of Marriage explores the historical entanglements between the pursuit of new personal and national futures. Focusing on the relational and future-making aspects of marriage, the ethnography highlights the intersection of transformations across familial generations and shifting political economies in Taiwan, and more globally. While theories of modernity often treat marriage as an index of social change, without adequate attention to its transformative capacities generated through personal and familial agency, this volume provides comparative insights on family change and demographic shifts in Asia"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1800738900 9781800738881 1800738897 |