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Women, the Family and Peasant Revolution in China
Kay Ann Johnson
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Description for Women, the Family and Peasant Revolution in China
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; HBTV; JFFK; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
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 of marriage and family because traditional marriage, family, and kinship practices have had the greatest influence in defining and shaping women's place in Chinese society. Conversant with current theory in political science, anthropology, ... Read more
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 of marriage and family because traditional marriage, family, and kinship practices have had the greatest influence in defining and shaping women's place in Chinese society. Conversant with current theory in political science, anthropology, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226401898
SKU
V9780226401898
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