| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series |
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ASAA women in Asia series.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Chinese -- foreign marriage -- What are 'Chinese-foreign marriages'? -- Researching intercultural marriage -- Researching Chinese -- foreign marriage in the PRC media -- Chapter outline -- 2. Obstacles, statistics and regulations -- Initial obstacles to Chinese -- foreign marriage in the PRC -- Statistics of Chinese -- foreign marriage -- Governing marriage in the reform era -- Conclusion -- 3. Newspaper coverage of Chinese -- foreign marriage -- Changing numerical trends -- Different countries of origin -- Hypergamy -- 'Love' in the 2000s -- Hypergamy revisited -- Conclusion -- 4. Newspaper coverage of Chinese -- foreign divorce -- Chinese-foreign divorce: a rising trend -- Deception, adultery, bigamy and divorce -- Domestic violence and divorce -- Marriage introduction services and divorce -- Conclusion -- 5. Celebrity Chinese -- foreign marriage -- China's first celebrity Chinese -- foreign marriage |
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Note continued: Celebrity Chinese -- foreign marriage in the 1990s -- Celebrity Chinese -- foreign marriage in the 2000s -- Conclusion -- 6. Celebrity Chinese -- foreign divorce -- High rates of divorce -- Speculation and hearsay -- Amicable divorces and exemplary fatherhood -- Female autonomy and exemplary motherhood -- Conclusion -- 7. Documenting Chinese -- foreign marriage -- New documentary and Chinese -- foreign marriage -- Cross-Strait marriage -- Cross-Strait marriage in the media -- Rural Chinese and foreign nationals -- Conclusion -- 8. Television talk shows and Chinese -- foreign marriage -- Television talk shows in the PRC -- Foreign Chinese -- Foreign spouses as country bumpkins -- Making marital conflict ̀fun' -- Conclusion -- 9. Concluding comments -- Defining and counting Chinese -- foreign marriages -- Media discussions of Chinese -- foreign marriage -- Potential avenues for further research |
| Summary |
"As China globalises the number of marriages between Chinese people and foreigners is increasing. These Chinese-foreign marriages have profound implications for China's cultural identity. This book, based on extensive original research, outlines the different types of Chinese-foreign marriage, and divorce, and the changing scale and changing patterns of such marriages, and divorces, and examines how such marriages and divorces are portrayed in different kinds of media. It shows how those types of Chinese-foreign marriage where Chinese patriotism and Chinese values are preserved are depicted favourably, whereas other kinds of Chinese-foreign marriage, especially those where Chinese women marry foreign nationals, are disapproved of, male foreign nationals being seen as having a propensity to infidelity, deception, violence and taking advantage of Chinese women. The book contrasts the portrayal of Chinese-foreign marriage with the reality, and with the depiction of Chinese-Chinese marriage where many of the same problems apply. Overall, the book sheds much light on changing social processes and on current imaginings of China's place in the world"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Interracial marriage -- China
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Marriage -- China
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Divorce -- China
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Divorce
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Interracial marriage
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Marriage
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317688846 |
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1317688848 |
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9781315775890 |
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1315775891 |
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