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Arranged Companions
- Marriage and Intimacy in Qing China
Engelsk Paperback
Arranged Companions
- Marriage and Intimacy in Qing China
Engelsk Paperback

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Questions conventional assumptions about premodern conjugal relationships

Although commonly associated with patriarchal oppression, arranged marriages have adapted over the centuries to changing cultural norms and the lived experiences of men and women. In Arranged Companions, historian Weijing Lu chronicles how marital behaviors during the early and High Qing (mid-seventeenth through mid-nineteenth centuries) were informed by rich and complex traditions and mediated by the historical conditions of the period, during which marital affection was celebrated as a basic ingredient of an ideal marriage.

Lu finds public representation and private communication of marital affection in personal records, including poetry, biographies, letters, and memoirs. During this unique historical moment, ideals of marital companionship and love came to fruition while social changes also created new tensions for couples and extended families. Offering surprising revelations about conjugal relations during this time of change, Arranged Companions raises provocative questions about the cultural construction of intimacy and the meaning of a “happy marriage.”

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
264
ISBN-13:
9780295749129
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0295749121
Udg. Dato:
22 jul 2021
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato:
22 jul 2021
Forfatter(e):
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