Governing intimacy in state spaces: Ethnography of a marriage registry in Southwest China
Published online on July 30, 2026
Abstract
Sociology, Ahead of Print.
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a marriage registry in Southwest China, this paper explores how intimacy is governed through state space. Findings reveal that amid population decline and diversifying intimate forms, marriage registries function as ...
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a marriage registry in Southwest China, this paper explores how intimacy is governed through state space. Findings reveal that amid population decline and diversifying intimate forms, marriage registries function as ...