
Lisa Eklund
Docent | Universitetslektor

Understanding Bachelorhood in Povertystricken and High Sex Ratio Settings : An Exploratory Study in Rural Shaanxi, China
Författare
Summary, in English
the heterogeneity of single men with the aim of challenging some commonly
accepted assumptions about bachelorhood in rural China. Results suggest a
strong internalization of the various characteristics, centred on being able to
offer social mobility to a potential wife, that a man is expected to have to be attractive to women in a context where women have more choice in mate selection. We conclude that mate selection is highly marked by class, social norms, social interactions, health, generation and age, and requires the mobilization of certain amounts of individual, social and economic resources. Unwanted bachelorhood would thus be better understood using an intersectional approach rather than mainly in numeric terms.
Avdelning/ar
- Sociologi
- Centrum för ekonomisk demografi
Publiceringsår
2019
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
990-1017
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
China Quarterly
Volym
240
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Cambridge University Press
Ämne
- Sociology
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1468-2648