Abstract:

With the deepening of China’s urbanization process, land acquisition and village withdrawal are appearing in a wide range in rural China, and fundamentally change the traditional way of rural life. In this social context, this paper investigates women individualization and marital power’s circulation shown in the process of land acquisition and village withdrawal through case study. This paper argues that women individualization appeared in the process of land acquisition and village withdrawal, and at the same time, marital power in rural households has gradually been shifted from male centralization to couples’ equal rights. By sorting out the related theory of marital power, this paper attempts to comprehend and interpret the shift of marital power mode.

Key words: marital power;  , women’s individualization; , resources; , social norm