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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