The triumph of conjugality: Structural transformation of family relations in a Chinese village

Ethnology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-212

  Yan, Yunxiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugality; Family politics; Intergenerational relations; Private life; Rural China; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000588843     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773985     Document Type: Article

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