Abstract：Inspired by the framework of socio-emotional meanings of consumption, this article explores the experiences of urban women who were involved in a so-called second-wife relationship (long-term quasi-marital arrangement between a married man and an economically dependent woman) in contemporary China, and analyzes the social and cultural contexts within which their personal choices of intimate relationships were embedded. With a careful examination of their motivations, trajectories, and strategies for entering, staying in, and in some cases, leaving second-wife arrangements, I illuminate the contradictions and conflicts these women encountered in their pursuit of cosmopolitan lifestyle and intimate relations and explain the ways in which the burgeoning consumer culture,local cultures of gender, and social networks are intertwined shaping urban women’s feminine identities and social belongings.
肖索未. “时尚的重要性”?——消费文化、婚外包养与都市女性的“尊严经济”[J]. 妇女研究论丛, 2015, 0(5): 29-38.
XIAO Suo-wei. "The Importance of Being Cosmopolitan"?: Consumer Culture, and the "Economy of Dignity" of Urban "Second-Wives" in Contemporary China. , 2015, 0(5): 29-38.
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