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GroomingQue zi

Marriage Exclusion and Identity Formation Among Disabled Men in Contemporary China

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ID2468083
AuthorsMatthew Kohrman (Stanford University, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume26
Issue4
Pages890-909
Publication date1999-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Ethnologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/ae.1999.26.4.890
OpenAlexW2109621764
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited51

Using a form of narrative analysis, I explore how marriage in contemporary China influences people's identity formation as "men with disabilities." In particular, I examine how local practices of marriage exclusion shape the definition, marginalization, and experience of men who have trouble walking. This discussion is more phenomenological than most previous accounts of men's experiences of marriage in Chinese Society, [marriage, disability, identity, body, manhood, narrative, China

Aesthetics · Art · China · Disabled people · Identity (music · Life style · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Philosophy

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Unique citing works16
Citations per year0,59
Citation span1999 - 2026 (28)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 16

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