{"product_id":"chinese-femininities-chinese-masculinities-a-reader-paperback","title":"Chinese Femininities\/Chinese Masculinities: A Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Brownell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJeffrey N. Wasserstrom\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eThomas Laqueur\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe past two centuries have witnessed tremendous upheavals in every aspect of Chinese culture and society. At the level of everyday life, some of the most remarkable transformations have occurred in the realm of gender. \u003ci\u003eChinese Femininities\/Chinese Masculinities\u003c\/i\u003e is a mix of illuminating historical and ethnographic studies of gender from the 1700s to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The essays in this highly creative collection are organized in pairs that alternate in focus between femininity and masculinity, between subjects traditionally associated with feminism (such as family life) and those rarely considered from a gendered point of view (like banditry). The chapters provide a wealth of interesting detail on such varied topics as court cases involving widows and homosexuals; ideal spouses of early-twentieth-century radicals; changing images of prostitutes; the masculinity of qigong masters; sexuality in the era of reform; and the eroticization of minorities. While most of the essays were specifically written for this volume, a few are reprinted as a testament to their enduring value.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Exploring the central role of gender as an organizing principle of Chinese social life, \u003ci\u003eChinese Femininities\/ Chinese Masculinities\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative reader that will spark new debate in a wide range of disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last thirty years have seen an astonishing growth in the field of gender studies for late-imperial and twentieth-century China. In this ingeniously orchestrated book, Brownell and Wasserstrom not only give us a careful bibliographic and analytical summary of that earlier work, but by assembling paired essays on matching male and female gender issues, written by an excellent roster of scholars, they have indicated the lines along which this field can expand fruitfully in the future.--Jonathan D. Spence, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Search for Modern China\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eChinese Feminities\/Chinese Masculinities\u003c\/i\u003e we finally have a volume that scholars of the world outside China will ignore at their peril, so thoroughly will it shake prevailing assumptions about how sexuality and gender can be historically and culturally constituted. Scholars and teachers of history, anthropology, sociology, history of medicine and science, law, politics, literature, and psychiatry, among others, should prepare for the great impact this splendid book is sure to have.\"--Emily Martin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Brownell\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTraining the Body for China: Sports in the Moral Order of the People's Republic\u003c\/i\u003e (1995). \u003cb\u003eJeffrey N. Wasserstrom\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eStudent Protests in Twentieth-Century China: The View from Shanghai\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) and coeditor of \u003ci\u003ePopular Protest and Political Culture in China\u003c\/i\u003e (1994).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 474\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 9 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723870212159,"sku":"9780520221161","price":79.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/148a4ba616ac744064b64f69afa625ba.webp?v=1765100662","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/chinese-femininities-chinese-masculinities-a-reader-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}