The Gender Legacy of the Mao Era: Women's Life Stories in Contemporary China

by Xin Huang

This book traces how the legacy of the Maoist gender project is experienced or contested by particular Chinese women, remembered or forgotten in their lives, and highlighted or buried in their narratives. Xin Huang examines four women's life stories: an urban woman who lived through the Mao era (1949-1976), a rural migrant worker, a lesbian artist who has close connections with transnational queer networks, and an urban woman who has lived abroad...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438470614
• ISBN13: 9781438470610
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"