New York. Feminist Press. 1995. Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 357pp, suggested readings, chronology, slight bumping upper extremities, spine a little sunned, good paperback copy. A really interesting anthology of writings on China with a particular focus on the history and place of women in China aimed at..... More
Boston. Houghton & Mifflin. 1937. Black and white illutrations, xiv + 324pp, index, bibliography, upper endpaper corner creased, endpapers browned, small indent on lower edge, hardback with some shelf wear, good copy. Biographies of significant and incredible Chinese women from ancient to modern times collated by Florence Ayscough, a sinologist..... More
Basingstoke. Palgrave Macmillan. 2012. vi + 202 pages, index, bibliography, notes, very good paperback copy. "Paul J. Bailey provides the first analytical study in English of Chinese women's experiences during China's turbulent twentieth century. Approachable and authoritative, this is an essential overview for students, teachers and scholars of gender history..... More
Hong Kong. Earnshaw Books. 2012. 221pp, bibliography, paperback in very good condition. "Karaoke bars with prostitute hostesses are standard fare in Chinese cities, college students accept jobs as highly paid mistresses, sex stores are as common as corner convenience shops, venereal disease and HIV/AIDS are soaring, and China's social media..... More
Ann Arbor. UMI Dissertation Services. 1992. 441pp, bibliography, appendices. 21.5 x 16.5cm. Edges foxed, spine sunned, a very good copy in original wrappers. When referring to this item please quote stockid 219132. More
Minnesota. Unniversity of Minnesota Press. 1990. xvii + 197pp, notes, index, small sticker remnant front endpaper, very good hardback copy. "Chow brings together a variety of texts about modern China - from Bertolucci's Last Emperor, to popular "Mandarin Duck and Butterfly" stories, to writings by male and female authors of..... More
London. Macmillan. 1985. Tables and figures, xvi + 237pp, index, remainder mark on lower cover, extremities a little browned, covers a little worn, mark on lower cover, good paperback copy. "Young Chinese couples have been asked by the Chinese government to have no more than one child. The single-child family..... More
London. Hurst & Co., 1995. Black and white illustrations, ix + 233pp, index, bibliography, spine a touch sunned, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "With the disintegration of Confucian cosmology after the fall of the imperial system in China, medical science was introduced as an epistemological foundation for social order..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. (c. 2001). Paperback edition. x + 181pp, index, bibliography, paperback, spine lightly faded, very good condition. This book "is an analysis of Chinese prescriptions of gender as represented in Cao Xueqin's famous eighteenth-century Chinese novel of manners, 'The Red Chamber Dream', or 'The Story of..... More
New York. Continuum. 1997. Notes, bibliography, index, ix + 270pp, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "Evans explores the changing identities of women and sexuality in Comminist China - from the 1950s expressions of an idealized 'woman" at the service of the state through to today, where the Party/state administration..... More
Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1994. xii + 454pp, notes, spine a touch lightened, extremities a little rubbed, otherwise very good paperback copy. "The first significant collections of essays on women in China in more than two decades captures a pivotal moment in cross-cultural-and interdisciplinary -dialogue. For the first time, the..... More
Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1994. xii + 454pp, notes, spine a touch lightened, extremities a little rubbed, otherwise very good paperback copy. "The first significant collections of essays on women in China in more than two decades captures a pivotal moment in cross-cultural-and interdisciplinary -dialogue. For the first time, the..... More
Hong Kong. Roundhouse. 1998. Black and white illustrations, xvi + 351pp, index, paperback, a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 149525. More
Hong Kong. Roundhouse. 1996. Black and white illustrations, xvi + 351pp, index, inscribed by author on title-page, paperback, a very good copy. "This rich history tells the story of more than 40 Chinese and Western women who were active participants in the turbulent times of China, Hong Kong and Macau..... More
Oxford. Berg. 2001. Black and white photographic illustrations, xxvi + 332pp, index, bibliography, very good hardback copy. "In the process of helping women to help themselves, female activists have assumed a decisive role in negotiating social and political transformations in Chinese society. This is the first book that describes and..... More
Berkeley. Ten Speed Press. 2000. Colour photographic illustrations, 183pp, bibliography, index, paperback, 25.5 x 25.5cm, very good copy. An extraordinary exploration of footbinding that encompasses Chinese art and mythology, social and political history, and art. When referring to this item please quote stockid 170370. More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 2003. Map, black and white illustrations, xiii + 337pp, glossary, index, paperback, a very good copy. This volume rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between Confucianism and women. The book reveals Confucianism as a modern construct that does not reflect..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1994. Map, black and white illustrations, ix + 395pp, index, notes, works cited, character list, a good paperback copy. In this book the author discusses women and culture in seventeenth-century Jiangnan, focusing on the three typres of women's communities that developed in this environment: domestic, social..... More
Sydney. Wild Peony. 1994. 118pp, glossary, bibliography, very lightly sunned spine, very good paperback copy. Chapters include: Ban Zhao (c. 48 - c. 120): Her Role in the Formulation Controls Imposed Upon Women in Traditional China; Xie Daoyun: The Style of a Woman Mingshi; The Emergence of Buddhist Nuns in..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 2005. Black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 236pp, index, bibliography, notes, very good paperback copy. "Throughout the history of the United States, images of China have populated the American imagination. Always in flux, these images shift rapidly, as they did during the early decades..... More
Guangdong. 广东人民出版社. [Guangdong renmin chubanshe]. 1996. 178pp, text in simplified Chinese characters, 20.5 x 14cm, paper wrapper. End pages partial browning, foxing at edges, wrapper slightly yellowed. In very good condition. When referring to this item please quote stockid 220447. More
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 2002. Black and white illustrations, viii + 239pp, notes, bibliography, index, 23.5 x 16cm. Boards little marked, dustjacket lightly worn, otherwise a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172612. More
London. HarperCollins Publishers. 1986. Black and white photographic illustrations, 288pp, index, neat prior owner's name and bookseller's stamp front free endpaper, edges browned, a good copy. The Chinese revolution ended the hideous practice of footbinding and brought such basic freedoms as the right of women to choose their spouses, to..... More
Albany. State University of New York Press. 1998. Black and white line illustrations, xxiii + 348pp, index, bibliography, appendices, very good in paperback. Explores the historical and philosophical shifts in the depiction of women and virtue in the early centuries of the Chinese state. These changes had far-reaching effects on..... More
Chicago. University of Chicago Press. 2003. Black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 380pp, appendix, notes, glossary, select bibliography, index. "In early 20th-century China, age-old traditions of homosocial and homoerotic relationships between women suddenly became an issue of widespread public concern. Discussed formerly in terms of friendship and sisterhood, these..... More