Intimate Politics: Marriage, the Market, and State Power in Southeastern China

by Sara L. Friedman

On a visit to eastern Hui'an in 1994, Sara Friedman was surprised to see a married woman reluctant to visit her conjugal home. The author would soon learn that this practice was typical of the area, along with distinctive female dress styles, gender divisions of labor, and powerful same-sex networks. These customs, she would learn, have long distinguished villages in this coastal region of southeastern China from other rural Han communities.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674021282
• ISBN13: 9780674021280
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"