“Modern” Daughters-In-Law in Colonial Taiwanese Families

What were the experiences of daughters-in-law in the patriarchal household? Did they ever resist? By analyzing the life stories of twenty-two “modern” women living in complex households of colonial Taiwan, this article suggests that experiences of daughters-in-law differed a great deal from each oth...

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Published inJournal of family history Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 191 - 209
Main Author Lin, Chin-ju
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications 01.04.2005
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Colonialism
Demography
Employment Opportunities
Families & family life
Family history
Family Structure
Gender relations
Households
Kinship Networks
Modernization
Patriarchy
Relatives
Resistance
Social interaction
Taiwan
Wives
Women's status
Womens History
Womens Roles
Taiwan
colonialism
patriarchal households
work and family
divisions of domestic labor
daughters-in-law
Taiwan
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Summary:What were the experiences of daughters-in-law in the patriarchal household? Did they ever resist? By analyzing the life stories of twenty-two “modern” women living in complex households of colonial Taiwan, this article suggests that experiences of daughters-in-law differed a great deal from each other, according to family structures, family life cycles, and life cycles of the individual. It also argues that most of the daughters-in-law did rebel. Whether their resistance could be successful, however, depended a great deal on the rising of modern discourses, employment opportunities outside the home, and the possessed economic resources of the daughter-in-law and her natal family.
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ISSN:0363-1990
1552-5473
DOI:10.1177/0363199004270786