This ethnographic study, based on fieldwork research carried out in Beijing and Chengdu between 2006 and 2010, explores the transformation of the urban marriage market in China. It does so through the prism of one social institution : the xiāngqīn, a traditional form of marriage intermediation, which is presently undergoing a reinvention. Through a series of places (marriage agencies, parental and bachelors’ gatherings), this study examines a number of twentieth century key issues (the opposition to arranged marriages, the political place of love, the importance of social ties (guānxì), the role of traditional thoughts like "confucianism", etc.) The study examines this phenomenon in its actuality and its transversality, giving accounts ...
The new generation of modernity theorists have forecast the democratization of gender relations with...
[[abstract]]The aim of this dissertation is to probe into a complex and troubling question about Chi...
Marriage, a key element of Chinese society, has experienced a great transformation since the midtwen...
Le rapport de soutenance de la thèse est téléchargé en annexe.This ethnographic study, based on fiel...
Chinese practices of matchmaking have been controversial for over a century. Their continued transfo...
This thesis, based on documentary sources and a brief period of intensive interviewing in the People...
Based on an ethnographic study of matrimonial activities at Zhang Village (Henan province), this dis...
In the past few decades, there has been a significant transformation from parentally arranged to sel...
Chinese State rule against matrimonial "evil customs ". Natolocality among the Zheyuanren in Guangxi...
The state-society relations paradigm has been the most popular methodological tool in the studies of...
The intersection of demographic change and government policy is creating new challenges for mainland...
Until now our understanding of marriage in China has been based primarily on observations made durin...
[[abstract]]Marriage law, a major component of the civil code, governs legal matters concerning marr...
As a young Chinese bride readies herself for the wedding in a nice hotel room, a barrage of young me...
Divided in three parts, this report presents in the first chapter, «An anthropological study», a br...
The new generation of modernity theorists have forecast the democratization of gender relations with...
[[abstract]]The aim of this dissertation is to probe into a complex and troubling question about Chi...
Marriage, a key element of Chinese society, has experienced a great transformation since the midtwen...
Le rapport de soutenance de la thèse est téléchargé en annexe.This ethnographic study, based on fiel...
Chinese practices of matchmaking have been controversial for over a century. Their continued transfo...
This thesis, based on documentary sources and a brief period of intensive interviewing in the People...
Based on an ethnographic study of matrimonial activities at Zhang Village (Henan province), this dis...
In the past few decades, there has been a significant transformation from parentally arranged to sel...
Chinese State rule against matrimonial "evil customs ". Natolocality among the Zheyuanren in Guangxi...
The state-society relations paradigm has been the most popular methodological tool in the studies of...
The intersection of demographic change and government policy is creating new challenges for mainland...
Until now our understanding of marriage in China has been based primarily on observations made durin...
[[abstract]]Marriage law, a major component of the civil code, governs legal matters concerning marr...
As a young Chinese bride readies herself for the wedding in a nice hotel room, a barrage of young me...
Divided in three parts, this report presents in the first chapter, «An anthropological study», a br...
The new generation of modernity theorists have forecast the democratization of gender relations with...
[[abstract]]The aim of this dissertation is to probe into a complex and troubling question about Chi...
Marriage, a key element of Chinese society, has experienced a great transformation since the midtwen...