Index
Sampson Lee Blair
(The State University of New York, USA)
Timothy J. Madigan
(Mansfield University, USA)
Fang Fang
(University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Mate Selection in China: Causes and Consequences in the Search for a Spouse
ISBN: 978-1-78769-332-6, eISBN: 978-1-78769-331-9
Publication date: 21 April 2022
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Blair, S.L., Madigan, T.J. and Fang, F. (2022), "Index", Mate Selection in China: Causes and Consequences in the Search for a Spouse, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 195-198. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-331-920221013
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Copyright © 2022 Sampson Lee Blair, Timothy J. Madigan and Fang Fang
INDEX
Actual births
, 106–107
Aging parents
changes in elderly population
, 149–152
changing demographics and family processes
, 153–156
floating population
, 152
intergenerational relations
, 156–160
marriage decisions
, 156–160
One-Child Policy
, 149
sex composition
, 153
urbanization
, 152–153
All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF)
, 121
Appearance characteristics
, 67
Bare-branch villages
, 143
future of
, 145–147
marriage attitude and strategies of
, 144–145
Bilateral marriage
, 155
Birth intentions
, 106–107
factors affecting
, 107–111
Book of Changes
, 10
Buddhism
, 11–12, 103
Caring characteristics
, 67
Central Committee of the Communist Party (CCCP)
, 70
Chiang Kai-shek
, 28
China Health and Nutrition Survey
, 53
Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
, 30
Central Committee
, 49
Chinese Cultural Revolution
, 35
Chinese Language Life Report
, 121
Chinese womanhood and marriage
, 122–123
Cohabitation
, 83, 188
attitudes toward
, 85–89
linkages between divorce and
, 89–91
mean levels of perceptions of
, 87
and sexual behaviors
, 84–85
Commercialization of marriage
, 189–191
Communist Revolution
, 31
capitalism
, 36
Chinese Cultural Revolution
, 35
emancipation goals for women
, 32
New Marriage Law
, 33
younger generation
, 34
Concubinage
, 14
Confucianism
, 9, 63, 103
Contemporary dating
contemporary China
, 62
nature of intimate relationships
, 62–70
parental and peer influence
, 70–74
sexual intimacy within dating
, 75–79
Contemporary prostitution
, 169–174
“Dangshiren zhuyi” policy
, 94
Demographic masculinization
, 135
Deng Xiaopeng
, 48, 105
Divorce
, 83
beyond
, 97–99
in Chinese context
, 92–93
divorce application
, 96
legal dimensions of
, 93–97
linkages between cohabitation and
, 89–91
DNA analysis
, 17
Dragon bones
, 6
Dynasty, Han
, 3
Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770–221 bc)
, 9–10
Economic independence theory
, 112
Emancipate women
, 8
Family
changing demographics and
, 153–156
and fertility in ancient China
, 42–45
Family Planning System
, 49
Fertility
, 103
birth intentions and actual births
, 106–107
Chinese context
, 104
factors affecting birth intentions
, 107–111
and marriage
, 111–115
policies of China
, 105
and population change
, 115–118
“Filial piety” concept
, 12
Floating population
, 152
4–2–1
families
, 58–59
structure
, 116
Great Leap Forward
, 48, 57
Guangling (112 ad)
, 1
Han Dynasty (206 bc–200 ad)
, 11–13, 92
Heterosexual marriages
, 165
Homosexuality
, 173
Household production theory
, 112
Human trafficking
, 166
historical and legal aspects of
, 175–176
marriage and
, 176–180
prostitution and
, 174–175
Illegal cohabitation
, 84
Intergenerational relations
, 156–160
Intermarriage
, 17
Involuntary bachelorhood in China
bachelors in contemporary China
, 139–141
bare branches
, 144–147
demographic masculinization
, 135
male bachelors
, 137–139
mechanisms of male marriage squeeze
, 137
skew sex ratio
, 135–136
for society and individuals
, 141–144
surplus men
, 135–136
Korean War
, 186
Kuomintang
, 31
Lady’s Army
, 13
“Leftover women” phenomenon
, 121
Chinese womanhood and marriage
, 122–123
demographics of
, 123–124
explanations of
, 124–126
never married career women in China
, 130–131
single women in Urban China
, 127–130
LGBTQ population
, 192
Lihua, Shang
, 1
Liling, Cheng
, 2
Liu, Kang
, 1
Low-level prostitutes
, 171–172
Lying flat
, 187
“Male marriage squeeze” phenomenon
, 135
Marriage
commercialization of
, 189–191
fertility and
, 111–115
and human trafficking
, 176–180
modernization of
, 189–191
Marriage Law
, 52, 123
Mate selection
112 AD, Guangling
, 1
2021 ad, Shanghai
, 2–4
in China
, 4
Chinese government
, 185
commercialization of marriage
, 189–191
declining appeal of marriage
, 186–188
demographic change and “destiny”
, 191–192
Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770–221 bc)
, 9–10
future of
, 183, 193–194
Han Dynasty (206 bc–200 ad)
, 11–13
Korean War
, 186
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644 ad)
, 17–18
modernization of marriage
, 189–191
Neolithic Period
, 4–5
Qin Dynasty (221–207 bc)
, 11
Qing Dynasty (1644–1911 ad)
, 18–19
Qixi festival
, 184
Shang Dynasty (1600–1050 bc)
, 6–8
Song Dynasty (960–1279 ad)
, 14–16
Tang Dynasty (618–906 ad)
, 13–14
Western Zhou Dynasty (1050–771 bc)
, 8–9
Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368 ad)
, 16–17
Min Dynasty
, 137–138
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644 ad)
, 17–18
Modernization
, 86, 88
of marriage
, 189–191
theory
, 153–154
National Bureau of Statistics
, 58
National People’s Congress
, 95
National Population
, 49
National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC)
, 58
Nationalism in China
, 26
Neo-Confucianism
, 16
Neolithic Period
, 4–5
New Marriage Law
, 41, 70, 84, 93
and One-child Policy
, 45–49
NEW YOUTH
, 30
One-Child Policy
, 41, 105, 187
application and enforcement of
, 49–54
controlling fertility
, 45–49
family and fertility in ancient China
, 42–45
“4–2–1” families
, 58–59
Only-Child Certificate
, 52
pool of eligible partners
, 54–57
reducing fertility
, 57
sex ratios
, 54–57
1.5 Child Policy
, 105
Opium Wars
, 24
Oracle bones
, 6
Parental influence upon dating
, 70–74
Patriarchy
, 14
Peer influence upon dating
, 70–74
People’s Republic of China (PRC)
, 2, 62, 90, 93, 168
Polo, Marco
, 17
Polygamous
, 10
Population change
, 115–118
Positive checks
, 45
Pragmatic characteristics
, 67
Preventive checks
, 45
Pro-natalist approach
, 43
Prostitution
, 165
in Chinese context
, 166–169
contemporary
, 169–174
and human trafficking
, 174–175
Qin Dynasty (221–207 bc)
, 11
Qing Dynasty (1644–1911 ad)
, 18–19, 23, 25
Qixi festival
, 184
Red Guards
, 35–36
Reform Era
, 36–37
Republic of China
, 25
Confucian authoritarianism
, 29
feminism
, 28
Kuomintang
, 31
nationalism in China
, 26
New Marriage Law of
, 33
“Revolutionary Army, The”
, 27
Sanpei xiaojie
, 171
Second Demographic Transition (SDT)
, 89
Sex
composition
, 153
ratios
, 54–57
Sex ratio at marriage (SRM)
, 136
Sex ratios at birth (SRB)
, 135
Sexual intimacy within dating
, 75–79
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
, 172
Shang Dynasty (1600–1050 bc)
, 6–8
bronze sacrificial vessel of
, 7
Shanghai (2021 ad)
, 2–4
Shengnü (see “Leftover women” phenomenon)
Single women in Urban China
, 127–130
Singular law
, 46
Skew sex ratio
, 135–136
Skewed sex ratio
, 17, 116
Song Dynasty (960–1279 ad)
, 14–16
State Family Planning Commission
, 49, 50
Su Xiaoxiao
, 167
Surplus men
, 135–136
Tang Dynasty (618–906 ad)
, 13–14
Three-Child Policy
, 41, (see also One-Child Policy)
Traits–desires–intentions–behavior theory (TDIB theory)
, 106
Trial divorce
, 94
Trial marriage
, 85, 89
Two-Child Policy
, 41, 58, 111, (see also One-Child Policy)
Urbanization
, 61, 152–153
“Wan, Xi, Shao” program
, 105, 117
Western Zhou Dynasty (1050–771 bc)
, 8–9
World Trade Organization
, 37
Xinhua News Agency
, 49
Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368 ad)
, 16–17
- Prelims
- Chapter 1: History of Family Dynamics and Mate Selection in China
- Chapter 2: Economic, Political, and Social Change in China
- Chapter 3: The One-Child Policy and Demographic Transitions
- Chapter 4: Contemporary Dating and Mate Selection: Parents, Peers, and Sexual Intimacy
- Chapter 5: Cohabitation and Divorce
- Chapter 6: Fertility and Mate Selection
- Chapter 7: Shengnü – The “Leftover Women”
- Chapter 8: “Bare Branches”: Involuntary Bachelorhood in China in the 21st Century
- Chapter 9: Aging Parents and Familial Support
- Chapter 10: Criminal Consequences: Prostitution and Human Trafficking
- Chapter 11: The Future of Mate Selection
- Index