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Village to distant village: the opportunities and risks of long-distance marriage migration in rural China
Journal of contemporary China • 16 (50) • Published In 2007 • Pages: 97-116
By: Bossen, Laurel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study examines the status of long-distance wives who marry outside their province. The findings suggest that long-distance wives have a lower status and fewer property rights compared to women who marry within their village, township, or county. Some of the reasons for this variation are cultural; wives coming from afar are stigmatized because they speak different languages or dialects and practice different cuisines. Another reason for the lower status of long-distance wives has to do with lack of rights to property or affines close by for support.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- Real property
- Marriage
- Secondary marriages
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- 1989-2004
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-2004
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Henan Province, People's Republic of China; Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Laurel Bossen
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2002238331
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- China--Social life and customs