Holding up Half the Sky Chinese Women Past, Present, and Future

Name: Holding up Half the Sky Chinese Women Past, Present, and Future
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ISBN: 9781558614659

ISBN-10: 1558614656

ISBN-13: 9781558614659

Edition: 2004

Authors: Shirley Mow, Tao Jie, Zheng Bijun

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These 21 dynamic articles by Chinese women scholars explore the limitations on women's lives in premodern China, detail their involvement in the great political movements of the 20th century and examine how new laws have improved women's status, yet have left them open to exploitation as China enters the global economy. With statistics and reports otherwise unavailable, they give a refreshing outlook on China's women that is breathtaking both for the problems it confronts and for the spirit of struggle it embodies.

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Publication date: 4/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



Introduction




Women in Early Chinese History and Culture


New Meanings in a Classic: Differing Interpretations of Ban Zhao and Her Admonitions for Women in the Late Qing Dynasty



Characteristics of Women's Lives During the Song Dynasty



Chinese Women's Status as Seen Through Peking Opera



The Women's Script of Jiangyong: An Invention of Chinese Women




Women and Changing China


The Awakening of Chinese Women and the Women's Movement in the Early Twentieth Century



The Chinese Women's Movement Before and After the Long March



The History and Current Status of Chinese Women's Participation in Politics




Women and Education


The Readjustment of China's Higher Education Structure and Women's Higher Education



Gender Inequality in Education in Rural China



The Center for Gender Studies at Dalian University: A New Plan for the Mutual Development of Women's/Gender Studies and Higher Education




Marriage and Family


The Marriage Law and the Rights of Chinese Women in Marriage and the Family



The Status of Chinese Women in Marriage and the Family



Domestic Violence in China



The Lives and Needs of Elderly Women in Urban China




Women and Work


Employment and Chinese Urban Women Under Two Systems



Rural Women and Their Road to Public Participation



Economic Growth and Women's Development in China's Western Areas: A Case Study



Leaving Home and Coming Back: Experiences of Rural Migrant Women




Women and the Future


Half the Sky: A Television Program for Women



Chinese Women and the Mass Media: Status Quo, Interventions, and Challenges



Class and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Women's Literature



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