Chinese Women and Rural Development Sixty Years of Change in Lu Village, Yunnan

Name: Chinese Women and Rural Development Sixty Years of Change in Lu Village, Yunnan
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ISBN: 9780742511088

ISBN-10: 0742511081

ISBN-13: 9780742511088

Edition: 2001

Authors: Laurel Bossen

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Rich in its historical perspective on women and men in the context of economic development, this ethnography provides a unique window on rural China since the 1930s. Laurel Bossen uses her detailed knowledge to explore theories regarding such momentous changes as the demise of footbinding, the transformation and feminization of farming, the rise of family planning, and the question of missing daughters. Based on research conducted during the 1990s in Lu Village and informed by Fei Xiaotong's classic 1930s study of the same village, the book goes beyond the enduring myths of women as either victims or heroes. Throughout, Lu Village women defy stereotypes, their stories expressing the range…

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List price: $71.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/22/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.84" wide x 8.96" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

Laurel Bossen is associate professor of anthropology at McGill University.



List of Maps, Figures, and Tables


Weights and Measures


Preface: Discovering a Matriline


Acknowledgments


Note on Orthography



Lu Village in Southwest China: Unearthing Gender



Perspectives in Time



Trade and Beauty: The Demise of Footbinding in Lu Village



Gender in Land Tenure, Farming, and Employment



The Wealth of a Gifted Woman: The Shaman of Lu Village



Wealth and Poverty, 1930s to 1990s: Paths to Ruin and Fortune



Marriage, Household, and Gender: Keeping Sons and Daughters



Demographic Change, Family Planning, and Sex Preference



Politics and Political Culture



Unbinding China's Peasants


Glossary


Bibliography


Index


About the Author