Visions of Marriage

Politics and Family on Kinmen, 1920-2020

AvHsiao-Chiao Chiu

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-01-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt:290 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Asian Anthropologies
Antal sidor:222
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781836951193

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Hsiao-Chiao Chiu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at National Center for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institute, Taiwan. Her publication includes a coedited volume, Marriage in Past, Present, and Future Tense (UCL Press, 2021).

Recensioner i media

“The book is a fascinating study of changes in the institution of marriage over time in Kinmen. It demonstrates how marriage can be studied as both driving social changes and impacted by social changes.” • Lynne Yukie Nakano, The Chinese University of Hong Kong“It is a significant contribution to the study of kinship, family, and social change in Taiwan and will be read with great interest not only by Taiwan / China scholars but also by anthropologists and scholars in a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences.” • Gonçalo D. Santos, University of Coimbra

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Migrant Economy and Marriage in the Republican EraChapter 2. Militarization and Marriage in the Cold War ContextChapter 3. Changing Intergenerational Transmission amidst Political and Economic LiberalizationChapter 4. Trials of MarryingChapter 5. Cross-Border Marriage on the BorderlandChapter 6. The Work of Marriage: An In-Married Woman’s PerspectiveConclusionReferencesIndex