Encountering Liberation: Chinese Women, 1890s-1930s

Author: Liu Huiying
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: One of the most thrilling legends in modern Chinese history is the story of women's liberation that accompanied China's modernization. This book tells the essential elements of the lives of Chinese women during that era—ending foot-binding, promoting girls' education, opening up flower lists, cultivating lady-like education, civilized marriage, and women's rights movements. Under the constraints of tradition, they sought ways to live, with sexuality and revolution becoming two major themes in their lives. The author reflects on the issue of women's enlightenment with a reflective mindset, revealing submerged hopes and despair, and offers unique insights into women's rights issues without resorting to general nostalgia.