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Introduction: Family Revolution, Divorce Representations
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Hui Faye Xiao
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: Family Revolution, Divorce Representations 1
- Chapter One. Divorcing the Rural: Miss Science and Marital Crisis in the Reform Era 27
- Chapter two. Midlife Crisis and Misogynist Rhetoric: Male Intellectuals’ Divorce Narratives 52
- Chapter three. Utopia or Dystopia? The Sisterhood of Divorced Women 85
- Chapter four. What Quality Do Chinese Wives Lack? Performing Middle-Classness in Chinese-Style Divorce 116
- Chapter five. Seeking Second Chances in a Risk Society: The Cinema of Divorce in the New Millennium 140
- Chapter six. A New Divorce Culture: Rupture and Reconstruction 177
- Appendix 1: television dramas about divorce, 1990 – 2010 185
- Appendix 2 : feature films about divorce, 2000 – 2010 189
- Notes 191
- Bibliography 211
- Index 241
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: Family Revolution, Divorce Representations 1
- Chapter One. Divorcing the Rural: Miss Science and Marital Crisis in the Reform Era 27
- Chapter two. Midlife Crisis and Misogynist Rhetoric: Male Intellectuals’ Divorce Narratives 52
- Chapter three. Utopia or Dystopia? The Sisterhood of Divorced Women 85
- Chapter four. What Quality Do Chinese Wives Lack? Performing Middle-Classness in Chinese-Style Divorce 116
- Chapter five. Seeking Second Chances in a Risk Society: The Cinema of Divorce in the New Millennium 140
- Chapter six. A New Divorce Culture: Rupture and Reconstruction 177
- Appendix 1: television dramas about divorce, 1990 – 2010 185
- Appendix 2 : feature films about divorce, 2000 – 2010 189
- Notes 191
- Bibliography 211
- Index 241