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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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Author:   Masako Kohama ,  Linda Grove
Publisher:   Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press
Imprint:   Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press
Weight:   0.333kg
ISBN:  

9781925608106

ISBN 10:   1925608107
Pages:   524
Publication Date:   28 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Figures Contributors Acknowledgement Preface: Gender Order in Chinese History [PART I] Phase I: Pre-Qin to Sui-Tang: Classical China – The Formation of Patrilineal Society Introduction 1. Gender Structure in Pre-Qin China from an Archaeological Perspective 2. The Patrilinealization of Society 3. Literature and Women in China 4. The Family in the Tang Period Column 1: Introduction of Historical Materials: Wives' Divorce and Daughters' Inheritance of Property, Seen in Dunhuang Documents Column 2: Empress Wu Zetian and Thereafter Phase II: Song to Ming-Qing: Traditional China – The Strengthening of Gender Norms Introduction 5. Livelihood and Gender in the Tang and Song Dynasties Focal Point: An Overview of Shiga Shuzo's Principles of Chinese Family Law 6. Traditional Family Ideology and the Chen-Zhu School 7. Marriage and 'Chastity': Structure and Change 8. The Sense of Social Status and Gender Column 3: Court Ladies and Gender Phase III: Modern and Contemporary China – Changing Gender Order Introduction 9. Nationalism and Gender 10. Masculinity in Modern China 11. Discourses on the Family, Love and Sex in Modern China 12. Women's Labor in Modern and Contemporary China 13. The Founding of the People's Republic of China and the Transformation of Gender Order 14. Rearrangement of Gender Order in Post-Mao China: Changing Networks of Women's Federations Column 4: Two Histories of Women in Modern China [PART II] 15. The Household Register and the Family in Ancient China 16. Perceptions of 'Talented Women' 17. Healthcare, the Body and Gender in Chinese Medicine 18. The History of Women's/Gender Studies and Feminism in China Column 5: Sexual Minorities Column 6: Theatre and Gender Bibliography Index

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"""Provides the international scholarly community with a convenient introduction to the most influential Japanese research on Chinese gender and family history…. The contents are [so] rich and comprehensive."" - NAN NÜ Journal"

Provides the international scholarly community with a convenient introduction to the most influential Japanese research on Chinese gender and family history.... The contents are [so] rich and comprehensive. - NAN NUE Journal

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Masako Kohama is Professor, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University. Linda Grove is Professor Emerita, Sophia University.

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