Book

Village and family in contemporary China

University of Chicago PressChicagoPublished In 1978 • Pages:

By: Parish, William L., Whyte, Martin King.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is based on interviews conducted in Hong Kong of refugees from 63 villages in Guangdong Province. Focusing on village and family life during the post-Cultural Revolution period, the authors discuss the changes that occurred under socialism, which political campaigns succeeded and which did not, and why. They conclude that once rural social structure was radically transformed by land reform and collectivization, attempts at later changes were less effective as new solidarities formed whose new interests benefitted from the earlier changes, but were threatened by subsequent changes.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Sociocultural trends
Cultural goals
Rest days and holidays
Household
Community heads
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
Book
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
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2021
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1973-1974
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1949-1977
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China;People's Republic of China
NotesAdditional notes
William L. Parish ; Martin King Whyte
Includes bibliographical references and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
78003411
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Rural families--China
Villages--China--Case studies
China--Rural conditions