Disability Identity and Marriage in Rural China

ISBN-13: 9781138106499 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 192 str.

Jing Yang

Opis

Based on fieldwork in Bai Township, this book examines how women with disabilities in rural Southwest China compensate for their disability identity through marriage. As the first book to theorize the married life of rural women with disabilities, it traces the process from mate selection to wedding ceremony, fertility and role performance.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Grounded theory method and married women with disabilities in Bai Township 2. Disability identity in the village environment 3. Disabled matching: the process of mate selection 4. Being daughters-in-law with disabilities 5. Becoming wives with disabilities 6. Being mothers with disabilities 7. Towards a conceptualization of compensating for disability identity through marriages for women in rural areas of China 8. Integrating compensating for disability identity with the literature 9. Conclusions

O autorze

Jing Yang is Assistant Professor of the Sociology Department at Guizhou University, China. Her recent publications include Rehabilitation Work (2011, co-edited) and Service and Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities in Rural China (2008)