Research On Rural Divorce Phenomenon And Marriage Value Changes In The Individual Perspective

Critical period of the current Chinese society is in transition. Social Transformation involves not only economic and institutional reform, but also a profound impact on individual areas of daily life. In the current rural society, the divorce rate remains high and there is a tendency to continue to grow, causing widespread concern in society, has become a hot topic of sociological research. Divorce can reflect the values of marriage changes, it provides a perspective to understand of Chinese social change.Marriage as.an individual life course of events, relating to personal happiness, family stability and social harmony. Interpretation of divorce rural phenomenon contributes to a better understanding of social change, but also conducive to the promotion of rural social stability. Thus, rural divorce phenomenon worthy of research and attention.This study was based on qualitative and quantitative research methods of combining. Based on content analysis of Sichuan S city county courts divorce decree, and get a lot of quality material through field interviews, comprehensive analysis, found that the rise of the individual in the family through divorce phenomena investigation. It exhibits the following aspects:migrant work destroyed the marital relationship; lack of emotion is the primary reason for divorce; destruction of marriage is the pursuit of material desires; the pursuit of individual rights through divorce.The research on rural divorce phenomenon through individual interpretation theory. On liberation dimension, highlighting the individual from the family, the individual rights and experience are valued. On disenchantment dimension, the individual treatment of marriage, no longer believe in the "first to last", but "merry meet, merry part". Believe in fate can be changed through self fight. While in individualized society, "live your life" has become a new type of social obligations. In re-implantation dimension, the individual began to emphasize their rights in marriage relationships, divorce as a means to achieve a better life, gradually believe in individual self-reliance, self-responsibility, self-control, self-struggle.The background of rural marriage values change is changes in society. At the individual level, the real impact of marriage values change is migrant work, urban experience, as well as the rise of modern consumer culture. Based on the theory of individual interpretation, that with the advent of individual age, marital value has changed:from considered family as a whole to pay attention to the rights of the individual experience; from the common struggle to pay attention to individual creature comforts; from the family line to pay attention to individual emotional satisfaction. In addition, the current values of the rural community of marriage is still in between the traditional and modern, individual choose according to their own interests.