{"product_id":"women-in-the-chinese-enlightenment-oral-textual-histor-paperback","title":"Women in the Chinese Enlightenment: Oral and Textual Histories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZheng Wang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentering on five life stories by Chinese women activists born just after the turn of this century, this first history of Chinese May Fourth feminism disrupts the Chinese Communist Party's master narrative of Chinese women's liberation, reconfigures the history of the Chinese Enlightenment from a gender perspective, and addresses the question of how feminism engendered social change cross-culturally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this multilayered book, the first-person narratives are complemented by a history of the discursive process and the author's sophisticated intertextual readings. Together, the parts form a fascinating historical portrait of how educated Chinese men and women actively deployed and appropriated ideologies from the West in their pursuit of national salvation and self-emancipation. As Wang demonstrates, feminism was embraced by men as instrumental to China's modernity and by women as pointing to a new way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRarely does a reviewer or publisher encounter a milestone: this is it. It is the first major study of the development of Chinese feminism in what is arguably the most formative period in the history of modern China. In its women-centered approach, the book challenges the official women's history authored by the Chinese Communist Party and long accepted by Euro-American scholars. This book will set the agenda for future scholars researching the relationship between feminism and nationalism in China.--Dorothy Ko, author of \u003ci\u003eTeachers of the Inner Chambers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWang Zheng\u003c\/b\u003e is an Affiliated Scholar at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Stanford University. Wang's work in English includes the coediting of \u003ci\u003eFrom the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society\u003c\/i\u003e by Fei Xiaotong (California, 1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 417\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133488992391,"sku":"9780520218741","price":61.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5158d8404ffa96497a455350a9b8f176.webp?v=1732634723","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/women-in-the-chinese-enlightenment-oral-textual-histor-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}