Women in Chinese Society.
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1978. Reprint. Stock ID #168376 The 10 papers in this collection cover a wide range of topics - seventeenth century attitudes toward women (Joanna F. Handlin), the female revolutionary leader Ch'iu Chin (Mary Backus Rankin), an "anti-marriage" movement in rural Kwangtung (Marjorie Topley), female suicide in Taiwan before 1945 (Margery Wolf), the variety in women's life courses (Arthur P. Wolf), influential women writers of the 1920's and 1930's (Yi-tsi Feuerwerker), the early years of Mao's wife, Chiang Ch'ing (Roxane Witke), women and ritual pollution (Emily M. Ahern), women and social change in Hong Kong (Elizabeth L. Johnson), and the effect on rural women of the advent of the People's Republic (Delia Davin). When referring to this item please quote stockid 168376.
ix + 315pp, notes, index, couple markings lower endpaper, closed tear on spine, lightly worn paperback covers, otherwise good copy.
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