Sexuality and uxorilocal marriage in rural North China: Impacts of the one-child-one-family policy on gender and kinship

Journal of Family History

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 443-459

  Han, Hua ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Kinship; One child one family policy; Sexuality; Uxorilocality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042071148     PISSN: 03631990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363199003256020     Document Type: Article

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