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Mate Selection Across Cultures explores one of the most basic human endeavors—couple formation—with particular attention to those relationships that lead to marriage. Editors Raeann R. Hamon and Bron B. Ingoldsby examine the enterprise of mate selection and look at the similarities and differences of human bonds around the globe.
The Transition of Courtship, Mate Selection, and Marriage in China
The Transition of Courtship, Mate Selection, and Marriage in China
Daolin Yang, 77, a grandfather, is retired and lives in Hebei Province, China. In 1940, at 15 years of age, he married his wife, Yufen, then 13, in a village. Yufen's father was a rich farmer and a longtime friend of Daolin's father, who was a Chinese medical doctor, an occupation that provides both money and fame. A matchmaker proposed the marriage on behalf of the Yang family. Yufen's father accepted it. Daolin had not seen his fiancée until the wedding when he lifted up the red veil that covered her head. They have been married for 62 years and reared three children. “Mutual ...
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