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abduction, 226n68 abuse: physical, 118–12; psychological, 120–121. See also divorce; domestic violence addiction, 125 adultery, 47, 100, 104, 126; criminality of, 223n32; as grounds for divorce, 110, 119, 223n32 advertisements, 139, 140, 155, 158–159 Alger, Horatio, 36 Anarchism, 8, 30; and family reform, 9; women’s rights, 9, 205n29. See also He Zhen ancestors: displacement of, 39, 87–88, 89; homage to, 86 banking, 154 beauty, 55 Beecher, Henry, 37 Beijing University, 28, 30 Bernhardt, Kathryn, 112, 172 betrothal: dissolution of, 82, 91, 124; reform of, 86; right to refuse, 82, 125; traditional steps in, 86 bigamy, 121–122, 131, 171, 180 birth control, 224n41 Boxer Indemnity scholarships, 136, 233n6 budgets, 142, 150, 154, 163 capitalism, 22 Central Daily News (Zhongyang ribao), 163 chastity, 51, 54, 120–121, 144, 145, 146, 147, 153, 162, 188, 215n88 Chen Duxiu, 8, 209n10, 210n16; “Call to Youth,” 9, 19, 211n28; “1916,” 201n2, 204n24, 205n32 Chen Heqin, 15, 57; biography, 216n110; survey, 57–80, 217n113, 218n114, 218n115 Chen, Xiaomei, 179 Cheng Fangwu, 30, 52–53 Chiang Kaishek, 79 children: depictions of, 178, 188–189; desire for, 73, 74, 75, 76, 122, 154; and divorce, 53, 228n97; education of, 7, 8, 16, 31–32, 48, 73, 135, 157, 160, 174, 207n57; health of, 7, 8, 155, 174, 188; rearing of, 21, 25, 45, 73, 158, 178, 188, 235n30; rights of, 95, 223n29 Children’s Milk Drinking Society, 140, 154 China Times (Shishi xinbao), 30, 35, 57, 58 China Vocational Education Society, 134, 138–140 China Vocational Institute, 134 Chinese Communist Party (CCP), 79, 139, 166, 197–200, 210n20; champion of women, children, and youth 170, 188, 189–190, 191; and family reform, 13, 25–26, 167–174, 214n13, 214n14; male dominance of, 16; New Culture Movement radiIndex 267 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (continued) cals in, 170; similarity to Nationalist Party, 170, 171; state building, 170–171, 173–174, 195; and statesociety relations, 168, 169–174, 195; and women’s rights, 13, 167– 168, 169, 170, 171. See also Communist Marriage Law; marriage ceremonies; Marriage Law Exhibit; xiao jiating Chinese Youth (Zhongguo qingnian), 176 Chow Tse-tsung, 11, 27, 205n32 Christianity: desirability of in a wife, 70; wedding customs, 89 citizens, 6, 13, 150, 188; duty to state, 25, 83 cohabitation, 101–110, 122–123, 231n131 colonization, 13, 19 Commercial Press, 29 commercial presses, 134 commercialization, 21, 133, 135, 147, 151, 154, 162, 165, 178 commodification, 21, 135 Communist Marriage Law (1950), 15, 25, 167, 241n13; application and interpretation of, 175; campaigns to implement, 169, 200; claims for, 175–176, 186, 192; compared with GMD’s, 170, 171, 172, 173, 200, 241n13, 241n14; goals of, 169–170, 186; grounds for, 91, 93, 172–173, 242n30; individual in, 175–176, 190–191; legislation of, 168, 169, 170, 173; peasant resistance to, 1, 167–168, 169, 173, 186, 191– 192, 194–195, 245n76; philosophy behind, 168–171; place of individual in, 169; propaganda for, 168, 169, 173, 174–180, 181, 186–195; relation to other reforms, 169, 180, 186; reluctance to implement, 13, 169; and revolution, 171, 175, 180; and state-building, 169, 170– 171; women’s use of, 191. See also divorce and marital suits; xiao jiating companionate marriage, 1, 21, 33, 45, 49, 137, 145–147, 153, 157, 179 concubinage, 47, 53, 57, 74–75, 77, 91, 186, 223n29, 231n131 concubines, 42, 45, 223n32 Confucian family values, 6, 38, 40, 42, 151, 185 Confucianism 149. See also NeoConfucianism Confucius, 50, 202n7 conjugal family ideal: Chinese (see xiao jiating); Western, 3, 4, 9, 13, 63, 137, 179, 202n4 consumer economy, 25, 199 consumer goods and services, 155, 156–158 consumerism, 21, 155, 159, 165, 175, 199–200 consumers, 21, 135, 149, 154, 182–183 consumption, 21, 133, 135, 151, 155, 158–159, 177, 184 Coontz, Stephanie, 14, 22, 23, 202n4 courtship, 67–68 cousins, 176, 181 Creation Society, 30 Croll, Elizabeth, 13 currency: guobi, 120, 122, 230n125; fabi, 230n125 customs: and relationship to law, 81–82, 85, 94. See also ritual da jiazu, 3, 197. See also family, joint Dali Yuan, 81. See supreme courts daughters, 189; desire for, 220n147; inheritance, 93; and natal family, 94, 119, 225n53; and parents, 43, 100, 101–110, 143–144, 181 daughters-in-law, 151, 192. See also tongyangxi de Grazia, Victoria, 22 democracy, 14, 213n63 depositions, 101–110, 112 desire, 36, 52, 69, 75, 76, 145, 146, 152, 153, 215n88 Diamant, Neil, 243n30, 245n68, 245n76 Ding Ling, 176, 177, 183, 184 Dirlik, Arif, 10, 32, 210n20...
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