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Arranged Companions : Marriage and Intimacy in Qing China /

"Although commonly associated with patriarchal oppression, arranged marriages have adapted over the centuries to changing cultural norms and the lived experiences of men and women. In Arranged Companions, historian Weijing Lu chronicles how marital behaviors during the early and High Qing (mid-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lu, Weijing (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Competing meanings of marriage
  • Fashioning companionate love
  • Building the marital bond
  • Managing familial and marital relationships
  • Practicing polygyny
  • Growing old together.