Understanding marriage: a Hong Kong case study
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Main Author: Young, Katherine P. H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press ©1995
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 210 pages)
ISBN:9789882202986
9882202985

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