Women, the Family, and Peasant Revolution in China

by Kay Ann Johnson

Book Overview

Kay Ann Johnson provides much-needed information about women and gender equality under Communist leadership. She contends that, although the Chinese Communist Party has always ostensibly favored women's rights and family reform, it has rarely pushed for such reforms. In reality, its policies often have reinforced the traditional role of women to further the Party's predominant economic and military aims.

Johnson's primary focus is on reforms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226401898
• ISBN13: 9780226401898
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Classic Study of Feminism and Revolution

I found this book to be an excellent study of the promise and failure of revolutions, specifically communist revolutions, to enact feminst reform. I use this book when teaching courses, and it is well received. The points may be basic, but they are well documented and illustrated with a good case study. Highly recommended.