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“Hunnao” : a glimpse into Chinese patriarchy

Lu, Zekai (2021) COSM40 20211
Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
Abstract
"Hunnao"(婚闹) emerged in China during the pre-Qin period (221 B.C.) and has evolved ever since as a distinctive Chinese wedding tradition. It is a form of wedding entertainment retained by Chinese folk since ancient times. Patriarchy has happened over many centuries, which has a great influence on the "hunnao". The main goal of this paper is a theory of Chinese patriarchy to analyze whether there is a relationship between male violence against women in "hunnao" and Chinese patriarchy. The paper’s sources are reports about "hunnao" on two Chinese media platforms CHINANEWS.COM and Weibo. Furthermore, interview data were collected to analyze the change in women's status in patriarchy. The method used for the material is qualitative data... (More)
"Hunnao"(婚闹) emerged in China during the pre-Qin period (221 B.C.) and has evolved ever since as a distinctive Chinese wedding tradition. It is a form of wedding entertainment retained by Chinese folk since ancient times. Patriarchy has happened over many centuries, which has a great influence on the "hunnao". The main goal of this paper is a theory of Chinese patriarchy to analyze whether there is a relationship between male violence against women in "hunnao" and Chinese patriarchy. The paper’s sources are reports about "hunnao" on two Chinese media platforms CHINANEWS.COM and Weibo. Furthermore, interview data were collected to analyze the change in women's status in patriarchy. The method used for the material is qualitative data analysis. This paper mainly takes Santos and Harrell's exposition of Chinese patriarchy as the theoretical framework. The study found that the increase in male violence against women in "hunnao" was due to the profound influence of Chinese patriarchy. The reason why various social subjects are more and more sensitive to this issue is the change of gender status in China's patriarchy and the improvement of women's self-consciousness. This trend is conducive to China's efforts to achieve gender equality. (Less)
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author
Lu, Zekai
supervisor
organization
course
COSM40 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
"hunnao"(婚闹), patriarchy, women's rights, CHINANEWS.COM(中国 新闻网), Weibo, China
language
English
id
9063618
date added to LUP
2021-08-24 09:30:47
date last changed
2021-08-24 09:30:47
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