Author : Bryna Goodman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0742581349
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)
Book Synopsis Gender in Motion by : Bryna Goodman
Download or read book Gender in Motion written by Bryna Goodman and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2005-05-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together the work of distinguished China historians, anthropologists, and literary and film scholars, Gender in Motion raises provocative questions about the diversity of gender practices during the late imperial society and the persistence and transformation of older gender ideologies under the conditions of modernity in China. While several studies have investigated gender or labor in late imperial and twentieth century China, this book brings these two concepts together, asking how these two categories interacted and produced new social practices and theories. Individual chapters examine agricultural and urban work, travel within China, overseas study, polyandry, the acting profession, courtesan culture, female politicians, Maoist work culture, and the boundaries of virtue and respectability.