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How the Ideology of “Romantic Love” Affects Chinese Women’s Understanding of Intimacy

Author(s)

Yu Zhang

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5526/2017.05.005

Affiliation(s)

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China

ABSTRACT

This paper uses “life course” perspective to compare three kinds of Chinese women: 1950s, 1970s, and 1990s. The 1950s have experienced several major historical events, such as: Cultural Revolution, the movement of educated youth to go and work in the countryside or mountain areas, the resumption of the entrance examination system for higher education, and one-child policy. These life events not only affected 1950s’ understanding of sex and intimacy, but also affected their children’s attitudes towards intimacy. The 1970s have experienced the Reform and Opening event, they began to read the Qiong Yao romance novel and foreign romance. The 1990s have experienced the impact of Chinese market economy, and they had their attitudes about love. During their different but related life course, this paper want to depict how the ideology of “romantic love” has been constructed by politics, and how this ideology affects women in different age understanding of intimacy.

KEYWORDS

Ideology of “romantic love”, Chinese women, intimacy

Cite this paper

Sociology Study, May 2017, Vol. 7, No. 5, 277-284

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