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Prerevolutionary Marital Transfers in Nanxi zhen Prerevolutionary Marital Transfers in Nanxi zhen
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The War Interlude The War Interlude
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Socialist Transformations Socialist Transformations
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The Reconstitution of Dowry and Brideprice in the 1980s The Reconstitution of Dowry and Brideprice in the 1980s
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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7 Reconstituting Dowry and Brideprice in South China
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Published:November 2016
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Abstract
In sum, factors leading to different payments of brideprice and dowry are complex. They involve intergenerational dependencies within the family as well as the fortunes of individual family members in relation to turbulent transformations of an entire century. Three crucial political turning points—the war interlude, the Maoist era, and the post-Mao reforms—have continued to create different life chances for the residents of the town and the sands and have triggered divergent strategies. In analyzing the terms of marital transfer in Nanxi zhen and the sands, I hope to provide a historically grounded and meaning-focused account of the ways transformations of political economy intertwine with cultural, symbolic resources that people use to make sense of their lives.
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