title: Sisters and brothers, lovers and enemies: marriage resistance in southern Kwangtung.
abstract: This article examines the structure and content of relationships among members of a sisterhood in Hong Kong. These women, who at the time of the research were members of a Buddhist vegetarian hall, had been participants in what can be termed a marriage resistance movement, that took place in the Pearl River Delta surrounding Canton from approximately 1865 through 1935.
mesh_terms: D002016:Buddhism; D002681:China; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006716:Homosexuality; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology; D012919:Social Behavior; D012933:Social Identification