Echoes of Chongqing - Women in Wartime China (Paperback, Annotated Ed)

This collection of annotated oral histories records the personal stories of twenty Chinese women who lived in the wartime capital of Chongqing during China's War of Resistance against Japan during World War II. By presenting women's remembrances of the war, this study examines the interplay between oral history and traditional historical narrative, public discourse, and private memories. The women interviewed came from differing social, economic, and educational backgrounds and experienced the war in a variety of ways, some of them active in the communist resistance and others trying to support families or pursue educations in the face of wartime upheaval. Their stories demonstrate that the War of Resistance had two faces: one presented by official propaganda and characterized by an upbeat unified front against Japan, the other a record of invisible private stories and a sobering national experience of death and suffering. The accounts of how women coped, worked, and lived during the war years in the Chongqing region recast historical understanding of the roles played by ordinary people in wartime and give women a public voice and face that, until now, have been missing from scholarship on the war.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	December 2009
Authors:	Danke Li
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Unsewn / adhesive bound
Pages:	232
Edition:	Annotated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-07674-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-252-07674-5
Barcode:	9780252076749

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