Family Revolution: Marital Strife in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Visual Culture by Hui Xiao is an excellent original study of contemporary Chinese literature and visual culture. It examines how contemporary s...Family Revolution: Marital Strife in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Visual Culture by Hui Xiao is an excellent original study of contemporary Chinese literature and visual culture. It examines how contemporary storytelling in text and on screen represents the increasing disintegration of marriage, and stages changing attitudes toward marriage in contemporary Chinese society. The time span covered by the study is primarily the three decades starting from the 198os, but the book's discussion travels back to key historical moments when social change, intellectual debates, political ideologies, and government polices brought about crucial changes in the practice and perceptions of marriage.展开更多
文摘Family Revolution: Marital Strife in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Visual Culture by Hui Xiao is an excellent original study of contemporary Chinese literature and visual culture. It examines how contemporary storytelling in text and on screen represents the increasing disintegration of marriage, and stages changing attitudes toward marriage in contemporary Chinese society. The time span covered by the study is primarily the three decades starting from the 198os, but the book's discussion travels back to key historical moments when social change, intellectual debates, political ideologies, and government polices brought about crucial changes in the practice and perceptions of marriage.