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A 5 page research paper that examines Chinese marriage customs and how they have changed since 1949 and the institution of Communism. The writer explores this topic both from a rural and urban perspective. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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remained strongly patrilocal, that is, women typically changed their residence when they married, but men changed their residence only rarely (Lavely, 1991). In fact, it can be argued
that the institution of a collective economy served to strengthen the tradition of patrilocal marriages. Prior to 1949, local solidarity tended to keep outside males from moving into a community;
however, it was possible to gain a foothold in a community by purchasing land or by entering into a tenancy arrangement. Men could also enter a community by assuming the
status of chui-hsu ("son-in-law"), which is a status that engendered no economic loss to the community (Lavely, 1991). After 1949, however, the economics of the collective effectively prescribed open community
membership. In other words, males and their progeny were, in effect, allocated a share in perpetuity of the collective property, which meant that the admission of outsider males would decrease
the overall shares. Therefore, outsider males, to this day, are virtually never permitted to take up residence in a particular collective (Lavely, 1991). For the women who move to
their husbands residence, which is often quite distant from own family, marriage can be quite traumatic (Watson, 1991). A young woman must establish her "credentials in circumstances that are far
from welcoming" (Watson, 1991, p. 350). The traditional rural peasant view of daughters is still that they are "excess baggage." Watson writes that this view has little of its relevance
in contemporary China (1991, p. 350). The institution of arranged marriage has undergone change since 1949, although, as in previous eras, personal attraction still has a low priority
in mate selection (Lavely, 1991). While many marriages are still arranged by parents, as has been the tradition in the past, many more marriages today are made with the advice
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