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In this article I will discuss the romantic behavior of an Arab woman by analyzing the lyrics of two love songs and by studying the effects of such songs on both males and females.

This article explores the social relations of production within the rural household of colonial New England. It draws upon a review of the litera ture as well as primary research in Western Massachusetts to describe important aspects of patriarchal domination of sons and the extent and significance of the sexual division of labor. Two significant theoretical issues are emphasized: 1) There are important interconnections between control over children and control over women which have important implications for understanding the impact of the growth of capitalism on the family and 2) The fact that women in colonial New England played an important role in production did not ensure them any objective power within the household.

This case analysis of family revolution in China counters the widespread theoretical misunderstanding of the relationship between family transformation and Communist revolutions. It analyzes the implicit family policy of the land reform, coopcratization, and military policies of the Chinese revolution to illustrate the dialectical nature of family and revolutionary change. It argues that Communist revolution in China played an ironic role in saving peasant family life by restoring and reforming traditional family practices. A unique family system, the "new democratic patriarchy" was created thereby, and this reconstruction process had profound, formative effects on the development of the successful revolutionary strategy of People's War.