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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/when-men-marry-into-the-wifes-
 family-patriarchy-intimacy-and-masculinity-in-everyday-family-life-of-post
 -reform-china/
SUMMARY:When Men Marry into Their Wives’ Families: Changing Patriarchy\, 
 Intimacy\, and Masculinity in Everyday Family Life of Post-Reform China
DESCRIPTION:Why has uxorilocal marriage persisted and changed in Xiaoshan o
 ver decades? This presentation examines shangmen nüxu (上门女婿)\, 
 or ‘married-in husbands\,’ in a prosperous and rapidly urbanising regi
 on of Zhejiang. Drawing on 12 years of ethnographic work\, it follows uxor
 ilocal marriage across generations and treats it as a continuous\, changin
 g family arrangement.\n\nThe history of uxorilocal marriage in Xiaoshan pr
 ovides a distinctive view of social transformation. Decisions made by indi
 vidual men and nuclear families involve wider adjustments to state policie
 s and political-economic change\, shifting local cultural values\, reconfi
 gured neighbourhood networks\, and changing relations between individual a
 spiration and family obligation. These adjustments unfold through everyday
  questions of residence\, housing\, care\, inheritance\, marriage negotiat
 ions\, and local reputation.\n\nThe talk situates Xiaoshan and its public 
 image as a ‘capital of married-in husbands.’ It draws on participant o
 bservation\, household visits\, and individual and group interviews with 5
 6 families across 6 villages and new residential communities\, alongside c
 onversations with local officials\, matchmakers\, and legal and mediation 
 professionals. It traces uxorilocal arrangements across generations\, ques
 tions why they have changed and remained\, and shows how patriarchy\, inti
 macy\, and masculinity are negotiated and remade in everyday family life.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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