Understanding marriage a Hong Kong case study - Young, Katherine P. H. (Hong Kong University Press, 1995)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index
Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Mr and Mrs Lee; Introduction; PART I: 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; PART II: 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; PART III: MARITAL INTERDEPENDENCE; 7. The Transition From Traditional to Companionship Marriages
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