Understanding Marriage : A Hong Kong Case Study /

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This book examines changes that occur in the marital relationship today. The author concludes that as "affective individualism" is used to characterize modern marriages in the West, "affective familism" is a more appropriate character of marriages among the Chinese in Hong Kong.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Young, Katherine P. H.
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, 1995
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Spouses > China > Hong Kong > Case studies.
Married people > China > Hong Kong > Case studies.
Marriage > China > Hong Kong > Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The Hong Kong marital study
  • 1. Studying marriages in Hong Kong
  • 2. The Hong Kong marital study
  • 3. The couple's descriptions of their relationship
  • pt. 2. Variations in marriage
  • 4. Classification of types of marriage
  • 5. Variations in the marital experience according to the life cycle
  • 6. Variations in the marital experience according to gender and generational issues
  • pt. 3. Marital interdependence
  • 7. The transition from traditional to companionship marriages
  • 8. Interdependence in marital relationships
  • 9. Tuning into spousal negotiations
  • Appendices.

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