{"product_id":"visions-of-marriage-politics-and-family-on-kinmen-1920-2020-9781800738881","title":"Visions of Marriage: Politics and Family on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tGrounded in multi-generational stories from Kinmen in Taiwan, \u003cem\u003eVisions of Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e explores the historical entanglements between the pursuit of new personal and national futures. Focusing on the relational and future-making aspects of marriage, the ethnography highlights the intersection of transformations across familial generations and shifting political economies in Taiwan, and more globally. While theories of modernity often treat marriage as an index of social change, without adequate attention to its transformative capacities generated through personal and familial agency, this volume provides comparative insights on family change and demographic shifts in Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book is a fascinating study of changes in the institution of marriage over time in Kinmen. It demonstrates how marriage can be studied as both driving social changes and impacted by social changes.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Lynne Yukie Nakano\u003c\/strong\u003e, The Chinese University of Hong Kong\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“It is a significant contribution to the study of kinship, family, and social change in Taiwan and will be read with great interest not only by Taiwan \/ China scholars but also by anthropologists and scholars in a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Gonçalo D. Santos\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Coimbra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Migrant Economy and Marriage in the Republican Era\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Militarization and Marriage in the Cold War Context\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Changing Intergenerational Transmission amidst Political and Economic Liberalization\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Trials of Marrying\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cross-Border Marriage on the Borderland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Work of Marriage: An In-Married Woman’s Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042752692567,"sku":"9781800738881","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800738881.jpg?v=1750955479","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/visions-of-marriage-politics-and-family-on-kinmen-1920-2020-9781800738881","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}