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Marriage expenses in rural China

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Análisis Sociales
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Quanbao
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Yanping
dc.contributor.authorSánchez Barricarte, Jesús Javier
dc.contributor.funderMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (España)es
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-24T14:40:36Z
dc.date.available2022-05-24T14:40:36Z
dc.date.issued2015-07-01
dc.description.abstractHigh marriage expenses in China’s rural areas have drawn considerable attention from the public, media, and academia. The objective of this article is to review recent literature on China’s rural marriage expenses and related issues. We first describe China’s rural marriage process, the high level of expenses including total expenses, expenses on housing, bride price, and expenses on marriage banquets involved. Afterwards we analyze speculatively the three causes of high marriage expenses: parental obligation, face-related competition in village culture, and imbalanced bargaining power due to the shortage of women. Next we introduce briefly the consequences of high expenditure on marriage. Then we investigate the three contentious issues related to high rural marriage expenses, namely: economic exploitation between families, between generations, and within generations; high marriage expenses and female social status, and the preference for sons. We conclude with issues for future research.en
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationJiang, Q., Zhang, Y.& Sánchez-Barricarte, J.J. (2015). Marriage expenses in rural China. The China Review, 15 (1), pp. 207-236en
dc.identifier.issn1680-2012
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage207es
dc.identifier.publicationissue1es
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage236es
dc.identifier.publicationtitleChina Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater Chinaes
dc.identifier.publicationvolume15es
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/34891
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000026966
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherThe Chinese University of Hong Kong Pressen
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. CSO2012-31206es
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://muse.jhu.edu/issue/31867
dc.rights© 2015 The Chinese University of Hong Kong Pressen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessen
dc.subject.ecienciaSociologíaes
dc.subject.otherMarriage expensesen
dc.subject.otherBride priceen
dc.subject.otherFemale shortageen
dc.subject.otherExploitationen
dc.subject.otherPreference for sonsen
dc.subject.otherFace-related competitionen
dc.subject.otherBargaining poweren
dc.titleMarriage expenses in rural Chinaen
dc.typeresearch article*
dc.type.hasVersionAM*
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