最后一代传统婆婆? 被引量：46

Is It the Last Generation of Traditional Mother-in-law?

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摘要 Since the early 1990s, the relationship between mother in law and daughter in law in rural China has undergone a significant change, expressed by the loss of mother in law’s authority and domination over daughter in law. This phenomenon indicates a reform of family resource distribution within the household, namely, the young generation gets upper hand in the labor market, and as a result, the daughter in law’s control over mother in law’s life resources, to a certain extent, threatens mother in law’s old age security. In a further analysis, it shows that the patriarchal kinship system places mother in law and daughter in law in contradictory positions for getting benefits: the son is the provider of his mother’s old age security; in the meanwhile, he is also the key investor of his own son who is the provider of his wife’s security. That means, the more resources provided to the mother, the less investment would be in the daughter in law. This result reflects that while gender equality is improved in many other aspects, it is still patriarchal in character to a certain extent. Since the early 1990s, the relationship between mother in law and daughter in law in rural China has undergone a significant change, expressed by the loss of mother in law's authority and domination over daughter in law. This phenomenon indicates a reform of family resource distribution within the household, namely, the young generation gets upper hand in the labor market, and as a result, the daughter in law's control over mother in law's life resources, to a certain extent, threatens mother in law's old age security. In a further analysis, it shows that the patriarchal kinship system places mother in law and daughter in law in contradictory positions for getting benefits: the son is the provider of his mother's old age security; in the meanwhile, he is also the key investor of his own son who is the provider of his wife's security. That means, the more resources provided to the mother, the less investment would be in the daughter in law. This result reflects that while gender equality is improved in many other aspects, it is still patriarchal in character to a certain extent.

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机构地区复旦大学人口研究所

出处《社会学研究》 CSSCI 北大核心 2002年第3期79-91,共13页 Sociological Studies

关键词家族制度婆媳关系家庭成员关系家庭结构家庭资源控制权养老模式彩礼嫁妆

分类号 D669 [政治法律—中外政治制度]

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