What is it about?
The article explores the linkages between (gendered) discursive practices regarding marriage and romance and the production of class difference in urban China
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Why is it important?
The article contributes to the debate on romance in globalised society and underlines the role that kin-based structures hold in the production of class society in advanced capitalism.
Perspectives
The article may appeal scholars and student interested in destabilising simple models that pitch 'traditional kinship' against 'modern family'. It may also be of interest to those interested in the interplay of gender and class difference in Chinese society.
Dr Roberta R Zavoretti
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften
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This page is a summary of: Is it Better to Cry in a BMW or to Laugh on a Bicycle? Marriage, ‘financial performance anxiety’, and the production of class in Nanjing (People's Republic of China), Modern Asian Studies, April 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x15000220.
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