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Arranged Companions Marriage and Intimacy in Qing China

kenn 4 Sep 2021 06:21 LEARNING » e-book


Arranged Companions Marriage and Intimacy in Qing China
Weijing Lu, "Arranged Companions: Marriage and Intimacy in Qing China"
English | ISBN: 0295749113 | 2021 | 264 pages | PDF | 19 MB
Although commonly associated with patriarchal oppression, arranged marriages have adapted over the centuries to changing cultural norms and the lived experiences of men and women. In Arranged Companions, historian Weijing Lu chronicles how marital behaviors during the early and High Qing (mid-seventeenth through mid-nineteenth centuries) were informed by rich and complex traditions and mediated by the historical conditions of the period, during which marital affection was celebrated as a basic ingredient of an ideal marriage.

Lu finds public representation and private communication of marital affection in personal records, including poetry, biographies, letters, and memoirs. During this unique historical moment, ideals of marital companionship and love came to fruition while social changes also created new tensions for couples and extended families. Offering surprising revelations about conjugal relations during this time of change, Arranged Companions raises provocative questions about the cultural construction of intimacy and the meaning of a "happy marriage."


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