Transformation of Marriage and Social Inequality in Post-Reform China

Ji uses both interview and survey data to analyse the nature and extent of the "leftover" women phenomenon in China. She argues that it is mainly a social construction and that the reality has become distorted in the Chinese popular imagination.

List of contents

1.Introduction
2.The Historical Practice of Marriage and Kinship in China
3. A Bumpy Road: Gender Inequality in Post-Reform China
4. Between Tradition and Modernity: "Leftover" Women in Shanghai
5. The Social Construction of "Leftover" Women in China: A Gender Perspective
6. "Leftover" Women, "Surplus" Men, and Deepening Social Stratification
7. The Future of Marriage as a Social Institution, Demographic Challenges, and Social Transformation in China

About the author

Yingchun Ji is Easter Scholar Professor at the School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University, China

Summary

Ji uses both interview and survey data to analyse the nature and extent of the "leftover" women phenomenon in China. She argues that it is mainly a social construction and that the reality has become distorted in the Chinese popular imagination.

Product details

• Authors: Ji, Yingchun Ji, Yingchun (Shanghai University Ji, Yingchun (Shanghai University China) Ji
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2018, delayed
• EAN: 9781138059504
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05950-4
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series; Routledge Contemporary China; Routledge Contemporary China Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, Sociology: family & relationships, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Society and culture: general, Sociology: family and relationships, Human Geography