1st Edition

Disability Identity and Marriage in Rural China

By Jing Yang Copyright 2018
210 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

210 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

210 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Based on data collected through in-depth fieldwork observation and interviews in Bai Township, this book examines how women with disabilities in rural Southwest China compensate for their disability identity through marriage. As the first book to theorize the married life of rural-based women with different types of disabilities, it provides a more holistic picture of their marital life by... Read more

Introduction 

1. Grounded Theory Method and Married Women with Disabilities in Bai Township

2. Disability Identity in the Village Environment

3. Disabled Matching: the Process of Mate Selection

4. Being Daughters-in-law with Disabilities

5. Becoming Wives with Disabilities

6. Being Mothers with Disabilities

7. Towards a Conceptualization of Compensating for Disability Identity through Marriages for Women in Rural Areas of China

8. Integrating Compensating for Disability Identity with the Literature

9. Conclusions

Biography

Jing Yang is Assistant Professor of the Sociology Department at Guizhou University, China. Her recent publications include Rehabilitation Work (2011, co-edited) and Service and Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities in Rural China (2008)