The Question of Women in Chinese Feminism

by Tani E. Barlow

Book Overview

The Question of Women in Chinese Feminism is a history of thinking about the subject of women in twentieth-century China. Tani E. Barlow illustrates the theories and conceptual categories that Enlightenment Chinese intellectuals have developed to describe the collectivity of women. Demonstrating how generations of these theorists have engaged with international debates over eugenics, gender, sexuality, and the psyche, Barlow argues that as an Enlightenment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822332701
• ISBN13: 9780822332701
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.4"