Concubines In Court: Marriage And Monogamy In Twentieth-Century China

This book analyzes marriage and family reform in twentieth-century China. The author's examination of changes in the perception of concubinage explores the shifts in the construction of monogamy in contemporary China. Equally important is her use of court cases to assess how these shifts affected legal and social practice.

• • Author: Lisa Tran
• • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• • Publication Date: Jun 01, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 244 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1442245891
• • ISBN-13: 9781442245891