Holding Up Half the Sky

by Jie, Tao; Zheng, Bijun; Mow, Shirley L.

• ISBN13: 9781558614666
• ISBN10: 1558614664
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Feminist Pr

Summary

These 21 dynamic articles by Chinese women scholars explore the limitations on women's lives in premodern China, detail their involvement in the great political movements of the 20th century and examine how new laws have improved women's status, yet have left them open to exploitation as China enters the global economy. With statistics and reports otherwise unavailable, they give a refreshing outlook on China's women that is breathtaking both for the problems it confronts and for the spirit of struggle it embodies.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xxi
Women in Early Chinese History and Culture
New Meanings in a Classic: Differing Interpretations of Ban Zhao and Her Admonitions for Women in the Late Qing Dynasty	p. 3
Characteristics of Women's Lives During the Song Dynasty	p. 17
Chinese Women's Status as Seen Through Peking Opera	p. 30
The Women's Script of Jiangyong: An Invention of Chinese Women	p. 39
Women and Changing China
The Awakening of Chinese Women and the Women's Movement in the Early Twentieth Century	p. 55
The Chinese Women's Movement Before and After the Long March	p. 71
The History and Current Status of Chinese Women's Participation in Politics	p. 92
Women and Education
The Readjustment of China's Higher Education Structure and Women's Higher Education	p. 109
Gender Inequality in Education in Rural China	p. 123
The Center for Gender Studies at Dalian University: A New Plan for the Mutual Development of Women's/Gender Studies and Higher Education	p. 137
Marriage and Family
The Marriage Law and the Rights of Chinese Women in Marriage and the Family	p. 159
The Status of Chinese Women in Marriage and the Family	p. 172
Domestic Violence in China	p. 179
The Lives and Needs of Elderly Women in Urban China	p. 193
Women and Work
Employment and Chinese Urban Women Under Two Systems	p. 207
Rural Women and Their Road to Public Participation	p. 221
Economic Growth and Women's Development in China's Western Areas: A Case Study	p. 242
Leaving Home and Coming Back: Experiences of Rural Migrant Women	p. 248
Women and the Future
Half the Sky: A Television Program for Women	p. 261
Chinese Women and the Mass Media: Status Quo, Interventions, and Challenges	p. 274
Class and Gender in Contemporary Chinese Women's Literature	p. 289
Suggested Reading	p. 303
Contributors	p. 307
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