185401529X     

Visions of marriage : politics and family on Kinmen, 1920-2020 / Hsiao-Chiao Chiu

Chiu, Hsiao-Chiao [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2023

1 Online-Ressource (vii, 184 Seiten) : Illustrationen, Karten

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Visions of marriage / Chiu, Hsiao-Chiao [GNDNR:1190122235] (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-80073-890-4 (open access ebook)

978-1-80073-888-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1391678566     

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3167/9781800738881

LB 44455  | LB 41455      Ähnliche Literatur

HQ686

306.810951249

LOC-SH: Marriage -- Taiwan -- History ; Families -- Taiwan

"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"--