A Sexological Analysis of Cross-Cultural Marriage and Romance Between China and the United States

Author: Ding Zijiang
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: Chinese people, especially women, who have ventured into the United States have already formed a large group taking the "shortcut" to integrate into American society—marrying Americans. There is another group, mostly women, who are actively searching with the same goal. Those who do marry face conflicts arising from cultural differences, while most marriages fall into a vast middle ground between success and failure. Those who fail to marry or have no intention of doing so but have experienced substantial intimate relationships are also not in the minority. On this challenging new continent of America, female compatriots seem to have more opportunities to change their fate than male compatriots. Why is that? This book provides a multi-angle and comprehensive analysis and exploration of a relatively common social phenomenon among Chinese Americans and new immigrants from mainland China—Sino-American romantic relationships (yellow-white marriages). It can be said that it is the first sociological work in China to so profoundly reveal issues in this field. The rich humanistic knowledge, social knowledge, historical knowledge, and more it encompasses make it an encyclopedic guide to understanding the love lives of Chinese Americans in America.