Research On Male Marriage Consumption In Ducun Village Of Northeast Jiangxi

In recent years,the phenomenon of high bride prices in rural areas has gradually become the focus of media and the academic world.Social problems caused by high bride prices like “poverty due to marriage” “poverty-returning due to marriage” and“bachelor villages” have been increasingly haunting the government and common people.When talking about marriage,people subconsciously associate it with money.In fact,the high matrimonial payments have become a living burden of the bridegroom's family.To get married,the bridegroom's parents borrow money heavily and the phenomenon of intermarriage appear in some places.Marriage consumption is not only an economic phenomenon,but also cultural.It reflects rural social change during the social transformation period and it's significant to understand farmers' current consumption concepts and behaviors.This thesis chooses Ducun village in Northeast Jiangxi as a case,using the literary analysis,in-depth interviews and questionnaire survey as the research methods to collect information about the male matrimonial expending in Ducun village.Based on the data sorting and SPSS 20.0 statistic analysis,this thesis lists male matrimonial expending lists and explores historical development and the current situation of male matrimonial expending.This study has found the development of market economy have a significant impact on matrimonial consumption of rural residents.Since the 1960 s,the consumption concepts and behaviors of the life etiquette in rural area has changed a lot.During the collectivization period,matrimonial consumption of the bridegrooms in Ducun village experienced a decade of stagnation.After the reform and opening up,the amount of bride price has been rising and the growth rate is accelerating.It ranges from hundreds to thousands.In the payment form,it largely develops from material to capital;in nature,it changes from funding to newly-married family into “intergenerational exploitation”.The paper shows that the average ratio of sex at birth of Ducun village in the 1990 s was nearly 130,the ratio of sex of marriage aged population is severely imbalanced.Women are increasingly likely to choose a partner based on his economic condition,the female marriage concept becoming increasingly rational.Traditional genealogy still exists in Ducun village,the concept of procreation being deeply rooted in the Ducun villagers.These are main factors which cause high bride prices in Ducun village.This paper applies Pierre Bourdieu's Marriage Strategy Theory to understand thephenomenon of high bride prices and transnational marriage in Ducun village,from which I realize that those are also two marriage strategies for rural males for ethnicity.From the perspective of Sociology of Consumption,women have been commercialized,Consumerism has spread from the cities to the countries and marriage market,which has become more and more utilitarian,reasonable,and formal.