Marriage Migration in China
| Autor: | Delia Davin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
education.field_of_study Health (social science) Internal migration 05 social sciences Population 0507 social and economic geography 050301 education Developing country Quarter (United States coin) 050701 cultural studies Arranged Marriage film.subject Gender Studies Bride price Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) film Order (exchange) Political science Development economics education China 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Gender Studies. 12:173-188 |
| ISSN: | 0973-0672 0971-5215 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/097152150501200202 |
| Popis: | This article shows that marriage migration is an important form of migration for women in contemporary China, accounting for between a quarter and a third of all female migration, and for over half the female migration from the poorer provinces. Uneven development and greatly improved communications have both contributed to the development of marriage migration as a significant phenomenon in post-reform China. Sometimes women themselves use marriage to escape poverty-stricken homes and to move up through the spatial hierarchy to more prosperous areas. In other cases their families arrange marriages for them in more developed places, even if these are very far away, in order to take advantage of the higher bride price prevalent in wealthier communities. Agents make money by effecting introductions and moving women physically, sometimes over thousands of miles. While doubtless some such marriages are advantageous for all parties, they often have adverse effects both for the vulnerable women involved and for the poorer areas, which suffer a net loss of women to the richer coastal areas. |
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