Concubines in Court Marriage and Monogamy in Twentieth-Century China
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Concubines in Court Marriage and Monogamy in Twentieth-Century China

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Full Title

Concubines in Court Marriage and Monogamy in Twentieth-Century China
Author(s)

Lisa Tran
Edition
ISBN

9781442245907, 9781442245891
Publisher

Bloomsbury USA
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

This groundbreaking book analyzes marriage and family reform in twentieth-century China. As the first in-depth study of the meaning and practice of monogamy and concubinage in modern China, Lisa Tran’s work makes an important contribution to our understanding of Chinese society and legal norms. In addition, by crossing the “1949 divide,” it compares the Guomindang’s designation of concubinage as adultery with the Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of it as bigamy, and draws out the legal implications for the practice of concubinage as well as for women who were concubines. Poised at the intersection of Chinese history, women’s history, and legal history, this book makes a unique and significant contribution to the scholarship in all three fields.

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