Made in China Journal | Articles by: Zhangluyuan Charlie Yang
Zhangluyuan Charlie Yang is a recent graduate in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the Chinese family, marriage, feminist movements, and urban–rural disparities. In her most recent fieldwork, she examined gender dynamics surrounding bride price and dowry in urban China, alongside the history of uxorilocal marriage.

Uxorilocal Marriage in Xiaoshan, 1970s to 2020s

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In late March 2024, I accompanied Yifan to Golden Phoenix, a matchmaking agency specialising in arranging uxorilocal marriages in Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, a place where life still moves at a leisurely pace. Yifan was in his early thirties, short, and slightly balding. As we were on our way, he constantly made self-deprecating jokes about his […]

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