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The Chinese family in the communist revolution
M.I.T. Press • Cambridge, Mass. • Published In 1953 • Pages:
By: Yang, C. K..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author, using a light-handed application of Parsonian analysis of social structure, has fashioned a smooth and flowing analysis of the Chinese traditional family and its change under Communism. The introduction gives a rapid overview, and is followed by a detailed analysis of the new freedoms of marriage, divorce, changes in the age hierarchy, the ascendency of women, the shift of loyalties from family to state, the impact of state enterprise on family organization, the role of propaganda in such changes, the role of secularization and its effects on the family, and the disorganization of the clans. The analysis of normative changes, both intended and unintended, by the Communists, is particularly good.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Gender status
- Marriage
- Extended families
- Kin relationships
- Political movements
- Legal norms
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Han Chinese
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Leslie L. Clark ; 1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1898-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- People's Republic of China
- NotesAdditional notes
- C. K. Yang ; with a foreward by Talcott Parsons
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-241) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 54004758
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- China--Family/Communism--China