@article{ref1,
title="Discourses on non-conforming marriages: love in Taiwan",
journal="International journal of Japanese sociology",
year="2017",
author="Wang, Hong-Zen and Chen, Mei-Hua",
volume="26",
number="1",
pages="52-66",
abstract="In contemporary Taiwan, arranged marriage seems a remote legend. However, the mainstream ideology of romantic love and marriage is a recent phenomenon that started only half a century ago. The debate on love and marriage that took place a hundred years ago has been reopened in current Taiwanese society on transnational marriage and same-sex marriage debates, which are regarded as non-conforming marriages in a specific historical period. We argue that the hegemonic ideology of romantic love has produced a powerful exclusionary effect on cross-border marriages based on ethnic and class discrimination, but also an inclusive effect on same-sex marriage in present Taiwan society, which underscores the power of the discourse of love in modern Taiwanese social life. The love discourse can be progressive in a specific historical conjuncture, but it can also be regressive by excluding other forms of intimacy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0918-7545",
doi="10.1111/ijjs.12063",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijjs.12063"
}