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Gender History in China (Hardcover): Linda Grove

Gender History in China (Hardcover)

Linda Grove; Edited by Masako Kohama

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How have femininity and masculinity been defined and understood in China from prehistoric times to the present day? Gender History in China presents for the first time in English the work of leading Japanese scholars in the fields of archaeology, history, literature, sociology and law who examine the gender dynamics that have shaped and changed Chinese society over several thousand years. The eighteen chapters and six columns look at the ways gender norms and customary legal practices shaped the family, kinship, and the social order, and how those norms were reflected in work patterns, inheritance, daily life, and literary works. Attention is given to the fundamental principle of qi (material essence) as a building block in cosmology, as well as in legal understandings of family relations. The second part of the volume turns to the dramatic changes in gender patterns from the late nineteenth century, looking at the inflow of new ideas, the struggle for political rights and economic equality, and the institution of new gender norms in socialist and reform-era China. The authors take up such topics as the view of the body in relation to Chinese cosmology, the incorporation of the military man into China's model of hegemonic masculinity, the household registration system as a means of control, the appraisal of "talented women", and the intersection of gender norms and nationalism. Gender History in China enriches our understanding of Chinese history and of contemporary Chinese society.

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Imprint: Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press
Country of origin: Australia
Release date: May 2021
Authors: Linda Grove
Editors: Masako Kohama
Dimensions: 222 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 978-1-925608-09-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
Books > Law > English law > Private, property, family > Gender law
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 1-925608-09-3
Barcode: 9781925608090

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