Women and Gender in Twentieth-Century China

Paul J. Bailey

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781137029683
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Asian History
• Index: History

Paul J. Bailey provides the first analytical study in English of Chinese women's experiences during China's turbulent twentieth century. Incorporating the very latest specialized research, and drawing upon Chinese cinema and autobiographical memoirs, this fascinating narrative account: - Explores the impact of political, social and cultural change on women's lives, and how Chinese women responded to such developments
- Charts the evolution of gender discourses during this period
- Illuminates both change and continuity in gender discourse and practice Approachable and authoritative, this is an essential overview for students, teachers and scholars of gender history, and anyone with an interest in modern Chinese history.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Women in Pre-Twentieth-Century China
• 2 Reform, Nationalism and the ‘Woman Question’ (1897–1912)
• 3 Gender Discourses in the Early Republic
• 4 ‘A World Turned Upside Down’: Mobilising Women for the Revolution
• 5 Women in the City and Countryside before 1949
• 6 The New Communist State and Marriage Reform in the 1950s: ‘Public Patriarchy’ in Practice?
• 7 ‘Women Hold Up Half the Sky’: The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution
• 8 Women and Socio-economic Change in the Post-Mao Era
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index